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Syria faces power vacuum after coup
It would be best to be on guard for the unforeseen consequences of Assad’s departure
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What now for Asma al-Assad – the former British private schoolgirl turned international pariah
The former first lady was once seen as a symbol of female empowerment – Syria’s equivalent of Princess Diana. Now she’s in exile in Russia
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How Syria’s delicate peace could unravel
The country is a patchwork of armed factions and opposition groups – trying to reconcile feminists with jihadists will be tough
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Iron body presses and torture rope: horrors of Syria’s ‘slaughterhouse’ prison emerge
Syria braces to discover the fate of over 100,000 inmates subjected to horrific abuse as rescue teams liberate the Sednaya military prison
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Biden in secret talks with rebels as they greet new dawn in Syria
US president reassured Hayat Tahrir al-Sham has no intention of allowing IS into its movement
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Syrian rebels may be removed from UK terrorist list
Pat McFadden says proscribed status of Abu Mohammad al-Jolani and his group, once aligned with al-Qaeda, to be reviewed
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US launches air strikes on Isis targets in Syria
Joe Biden warns that terror group ‘will try to take advantage of any vacuum to re-establish its capabilities to create a safe haven’
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‘I went to university with rebel leader Jolani – I wonder if he has really turned his back on jihad’
A quiet Damascus schoolboy radicalised by 9/11, the victorious rebel leader is a polarising figure outside his homeland
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Watch: Rebels find Assad’s luxury car collection
Videos show fighters and civilians entering sprawling New Shaab Palace and combing through rooms and grounds
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Assad regime falls and Syrian rebels capture Damascus
President reported to have left on a plane as opposition fighters sweep into capital
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Why Putin’s failure in Syria risks a new refugee crisis in Europe
As Bashar al-Assad’s regime falls, thousands are fleeing the reignited conflict
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Assad’s regime may fall
If Assad’s regime falls, Russia’s air and naval bases in Syria could be taken out of the equation in a major blow to Vladimir Putin
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How Oct 7 led to the fall of Syria – and the retreat of Iran
An enfeebled Tehran will either have to open talks with the West or go nuclear
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Iran begins to evacuate commanders as forces abandon Assad
Senior military and diplomats withdraw to Lebanon as swift advance of Syrian rebels catches Tehran regime off-guard
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Trump has a once-in-a-generation chance to suck the poison out of the Muslim world
By banning the Muslim Brotherhood and taking on Iran, he can strengthen Israel and the West’s other allies in the region
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Iran ‘dramatically’ increases uranium enrichment as nuclear bomb fears grow
US intelligence report says risk from Tehran is rising
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Time’s up for the Assad regime
With Russia and Iran preoccupied, Syria’s president is short of friends – and power