The birth of Syria's 'state of barbarism'
The regime set up by Hafez al-Assad after the coup d'état of November 13, 1970, had only one objective: Its own continuity, ...
The Hill21 天
Lessons from Syria’s volatile past for its uncertain future
In 1970, Hafez al-Assad took power in Syria after a coup he dubbed the ... Secular advocates like myself must insist on a greater role in decision-making and emphasize that Al-Sharaa’s ...
Bangladesh Sangsbad Sangstha6 天
Syria writers urge new leaders to respect public freedoms
DAMASCUS, Jan 31, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Dozens of Syrian writers, artists and academics signed a petition posted online on Friday ...
THE WEEK6 天
The ophthalmologist dictator: Syria's Bashar al-Assad
He became president in 2000 after the death of his father, Hafez al-Assad ... or lead a transition to greater freedom. But the sanctions he leveled against the Syrian regime aren’t much of ...
AOL21 天
Opinion - Lessons from Syria’s volatile past for its uncertain future
In 1970, Hafez al-Assad took power in Syria after a coup he dubbed the ... Secular advocates like myself must insist on a greater role in decision-making and emphasize that Al-Sharaa’s ...
Links International Journal Of Socialist Renewal19 小时
After the fall: Hope amid the ruins of post-Assad Syria
A few months after the epochal fall of the Assad dictatorship, Syria remains in flux. Nonetheless, some broad outlines of ...
Associated Press20 天
A train station was once the pride of Syria’s capital. Some see it as a symbol of revival ...
damaged during the war between rebel forces and ousted President Bashar Assad’s forces, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki) A defaced portrait of former Syrian ...
The New York Times28 天
Effectively Banned by the Government, a Syrian Film Resurfaces
It was never allowed to be shown in Syrian theaters — only in international settings like the Directors’ Fortnight program at Cannes. Mohammed heard that Hafez al-Assad himself watched the ...
PBS29 天
Syria’s once-empowered Alawite minority faces uncertain future after fall of Assad
As Syria emerges from decades of ... In Latakia, the homeland of the Assad's Alawi sect, the enormous statue of former President Hafez al-Assad that sternly watched over this central junction ...
France 2426 天
Syria, Lebanon pledge 'long-term strategic relations' after Assad ouster
Syria was the dominant power in Lebanon for three decades under the Assad family, with president Hafez al-Assad intervening in its 1975-1990 civil war and his son Bashar al-Assad only withdrawing ...
Global Voices Online29 天
43 years in Syria's prisons for refusing to bomb a city
The people of Hama province in Syria honored pilot Ragheed al-Tatari after he spent 43 years in the prisons of the Assad regime, due to his refusal to carry out orders to bomb civilians in the city in ...