From Fighters to Policemen in a Post-Assad Damascus
As the rebels who ousted Syria’s longtime dictator, Bashar al-Assad, transition from insurgents to administrators, maintaining order in the streets of the capital has become a top priority.
Damascus gathering calls for broad participation in new Syrian government
Hundreds of Syrian protesters gathered Thursday at Umayyad Square in Damascus for the first time since the fall of Bashar ...
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When Damascus traffic cops fled, volunteers stepped in
At a Damascus intersection, young volunteers act as unofficial traffic cops after police assigned to the duty deserted their ...
Turkey's foreign minister meets with Syria's de facto ruler
STORY: Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa – also known as Abu Mohammed al ...
The fall of Damascus expressed in one moment, as witnessed by an AP photographer
He became a staff photographer in October 2003, taking up base in Jordan before becoming chief photographer out of Beirut two ...
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 ...
Jaw-dropping moment Syrian translator finds anguished message written by his missing relative on wall of Damascus prison
Syrian producer Mohammad al-Shebli was helping to translate the anguished messages scrawled on cell walls by prisoners of the brutal Assad regime made a heart-wrenching discovery.
Live Briefing: U.S. diplomats visit Damascus for first time in over a decade
The delegation plans to meet with the rebel group that led Bashar al-Assad’s ouster and will seek information about Americans ...
Damascus is surprisingly calm a week after Syria's rebels took over
Just a week after President Bashir al-Assad's regime was toppled by the Islamist HTS rebel group, people were going about ...
Insurgent who led overthrow of Assad holds talks with Turkish FM in Damascus
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