Putin, Syria and Russia

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Syria, Turkey and Kurdish

A Visual Guide to Syria’s Long Struggle for Freedom
The Middle Eastern country had been ruled by outside powers and dictators for centuries before its revolution was realized.
Syria's minorities seek security as country charts new future
Assad's Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shia Islam whose members make up one of Syria's biggest religious minorities. Alawites ...
He toppled a dictator and traded fatigues for suits — Syria's new leader tries to reassure the U.S.
Will he walk the walk and not just talk the talk? And if he doesn’t win in the elections, will he peacefully stand aside for ...
US concedes it has double the number of troops in Syria as Biden sends officials to Damascus
The Pentagon announced the US currently has “approximately 2,000” troops in Syria, more than double the previously disclosed ...
How Putin’s friends plundered Syria before fleeing the country
When his Russian bosses and the mercenaries protecting them finally left, Homam Kasouha walked into the plant’s head office ...
Sectarian violence in Syria has been less intense than feared since Assad’s ouster
The toppling of Bashar Assad has raised tentative hopes that Syrians might live peacefully and as equals after a half century ...
Syria's rebel leaders say they've broken with their jihadist past - can they be trusted?
HTS has long had a strained relationship with the other major rebel bloc in Syria, the Turkey-backed Syrian National Army ...
US airstrike kills ISIS leader in Syria: Officials
U.S. officials announced they conducted an airstrike on Syrian soil that killed two ISIS members, including a top official.
For Syria’s Economy, the Way Forward Starts With Sanctions Relief
Years of strife ruined the energy sector, battered the currency and strangled growth. The West must ease financial controls ...
Pentagon says it doubled the number of US troops in Syria before Assad’s fall
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has more than doubled the number of its forces in Syria to fight the Islamic State group ...
Prominent Lebanese figure visits Syria, hoping for a post-Assad reset in troubled relations
A prominent Lebanese politician has met with the insurgent who led the overthrow of Syria’s President Bashar Assad and both ...