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Syrian opposition factions announced capturing the key city of Hama on Thursday, bringing the insurgents a major victory after a lightning advance across northern Syria and dealing a new blow to ...
News Syria » Hama » Politics: Syria, one year after Assad
The West’s unconditional rehabilitation of Ahmed al-Shara has come too swiftly for Syria’s minority communities. A year ago this week, Abou Mohammad Al Jolani, now Ahmed al-Shara, arrived in Damascus, ...
News Syria » Hama » Politics: Rifaat al-Assad, Syria’s ‘butcher of Hama’, dies at 88, family says
Rifaat al-Assad, uncle of deposed Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad and infamous for his brutal suppression of a Muslim Brotherhood uprising that earned him the nickname “the butcher of Hama”, has died at ...
News Syria » Hama » Politics: Syria War Map Shows Territory Captured as Rebels Advance
See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. An offensive by opposition forces in Syria is redrawing the map of ...
News Syria » Hama » Politics: Analyst Urges Syrian Kurdish Parties to Engage Damascus, End Election Boycotts
Kurdish political analyst Shvan Ibrahim said Kurds must engage directly with Damascus and participate in Syria's political process, warning that boycotting parliament weakens representation.
News Syria » Hama » Politics: Iran-Backed Iraqi Forces Enter Syria
See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Iranian-backed Iraqi militias have moved into Syria to support the ...
News Syria » Hama » Politics: Main Suspect in Syria's Tadamon Massacre Arrested, Ministry Says
By Feras Dalatey April 24 - Syria's Interior Ministry said on Friday it had arrested the main suspect in the 2013 Tadamon massacre, one of the worst acts of violence attributed to the former ...
News Syria » Hama » Politics: Inside the house of Assad
After 54 years, the brutal Assad regime has fallen to almost unanimous rejoicing. But any attempt to rebuild Syria's shattered society will first have to heal divides entrenched by two generations of ...
News Syria » Hama » Politics: Syria’s Rifaat al-Assad, the ‘butcher of Hama’, dies at 88
Rifaat al-Assad, the brother of the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad known by critics as the “butcher of Hama” for crushing an Islamist uprising in the city in 1982 before unsuccessfully ...