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IDF operating mission in Syria, beyond buffer zone

Syria live updates: IDF operating mission in Syria, beyond buffer zone

Rebel forces in Syria captured the capital Damascus and toppled the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick advance across the country.

Reuters on MSN · 1d

Israeli denies its forces have gone past Syria buffer zone

Israel denied on Tuesday that its forces had penetrated into Syrian territory beyond the buffer zone with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, after Syrian sources said the incursion had extended to within 25 km (15 miles) of the capital Damascus.

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette · 1d

Israel: Airstrikes across Syria hit military targets

Israel carried out a wave of heavy airstrikes across Syria as its troops advanced deeper into the country, a Syrian opposition war monitor said Tuesday, and the Israeli defense minister announced that his forces had destroyed Syria's navy.

Assad, Syria

THE WEEK · 2h

How Assad's dictatorial regime rose and fell in Syria

Syrian opposition forces have captured the capital city of Damascus and forced the country's president, Bashar al-Assad, to flee. This marks the first time in over half a century that a member of the Assad family will not rule Syria — and represents a seismic shift in the Middle East.

The New York Times · 21h

The Fall of Assad in Syria: How It Happened and What Comes Next

In just over a week, Syrian rebel forces seized much of Syria’s northwest. First, the rebels captured Syria’s largest city, Aleppo, then Hama and Homs. On Sunday, they entered Syria’s capital, Damascus, taking the city without a fight as government forces fled.

The Independent on MSN · 2d

Watch: View of Syria’s Damascus after rebels topple Assad’s dictator regime

Watch a view of celebrations in Damascus, Syria, on Monday (9 December) after rebels toppled dictator Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Russia, a close ally that has propped up the regime for years, said Assad left the country after negotiations with rebel groups and had given instructions to transfer power peacefully.

40mOpinion

Trump says ‘do not get involved.’ But that’s the wrong approach in Syria.

Bashar al-Assad is safely ensconced in Russia, which had long supported his prison state with arms, fighter jets, and forces ...

Channel NewsAsia Singapore9m

New Syria PM says will 'guarantee' all religious groups' rights

DAMASCUS: Syria's new prime minister said the rebel alliance that ousted president Bashar al-Assad will guarantee minority ...

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Syria central bank vaults left unscathed by Damascus looters, sources say

The vaults in Syria's central bank were left unscathed by looters in the turmoil that briefly engulfed the capital Damascus ...

1hOpinion

Christians in Syria are holding their breath

With the Islamic group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) now in control, Syria — especially its minorities — lives in paranoia. The ...

12hOpinion

Assad is gone. What’s next for Syria?

The rapid fall of Syria’s autocratic ruler, Bashar al-Assad, this past weekend was one of the most consequential developments ...

19h

Syria After al-Assad: What’s Happening and What Comes Next

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, whose name means Organization for the Liberation of the Levant, was the main rebel group leading the ...

Biden praises regime change in Syria after rebels capture Damascus

A coalition of Syrian rebels say they have toppled the government of President Bashar al-Assad and captured the Syrian ...

PBS11h

Fall of Assad sparks new hope in Syria but minority groups remain concerned

The sea change toward tenuous hope in Syria over the last two weeks has been tempered with a grim accounting of the last 14 years of war and a half a century of authoritarian rule under the Assad ...

Al-Monitor on MSN2h

How an ex-inmate of brutal Syria jail overcame trauma by helping others

Riyad Avlar spent 20 years languishing in Syria's jails, including a decade in the infamous Saydnaya prison, the scene of ...

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