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Ravages of war in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria leave millions of children in dire need
As the humanitarian crisis affecting children in Gaza continues to deepen, UNICEF says there’s also a great need in Lebanon and Syria. John Yang speaks with UNICEF spokesman James Elder about what he ...
How Syria’s rebels overcame years of a bloody stalemate to topple Assad
The Syrian regime’s collapse came more quickly than the rebels had dreamed — the circumstances were both serendipitous and part of a larger global realignment.
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Lebanon's Syrian refugees turn their eyes to home after fall of Assad
Rabih, a man from Syria’s border town of Qusayr who asked to only share his first name, lost his home before escaping to ...
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 ...
What Assad's fall has revealed about Syria's trade in the stimulant drug Captagon
Syria’s nearly 14-year-old civil war fragmented the country, crumbled the economy and created fertile ground for the ...
War in Syria: How Bashar al-Assad’s inner circle fled after his fall
A lightning rebel offensive early this month caught Syria’s ruling clan off guard. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad fled to ...
Ousted Syrian President Assad says he didn't consider stepping down or fleeing
Ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad said he did not consider stepping down or fleeing the country, but remained until Russia ...
Netanyahu says Israeli troops will occupy a buffer zone inside Syria for the foreseeable future
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli forces will stay in a buffer zone on the Syrian border, and specifically on ...
A diminished Hezbollah is made even weaker by the toppling of Assad in Syria
Hezbollah was dealt a major blow during 14 months of war with Israel. The toppling of Assad, who had strong ties to Iran, has ...
Why is Israel attacking Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad?
Israel is celebrating the fall of Assad because it breaks the noose that Iran had been patiently tightening around Israel’s ...
Israel’s borders have shifted throughout its history. Action in Syria may reshape them again
Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, entered Syrian territory Tuesday and said Israeli troops would remain in the ...
The Assad regime has fallen. Why are foreign powers still targeting Syria?
Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and his years-long regime have fallen, but the country remains a battleground for an array of actors ...