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Demoralised and abandoned by allies: why Assad’s army failed to fight in Syria
By Maya Gebeily, Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Ahmed Rasheed and Timour AzhariDAMASCUS/AMMAN/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Twenty-three-year-old Syrian military conscript Farhan al-Khouli was badly paid and demoralized. His...
Israel strikes Syria 480 times and seizes territory as Netanyahu pledges to change face of the Middle East
The collapse of the Assad regime has prompted a punishing military response from Israel, which has launched airstrikes at military targets across Syria and...
‘They tortured me when I asked to see him’: Horrors of Assad’s ‘slaughterhouse’ jail revealed
Camping in the grounds of Syria’s most notorious “slaughterhouse” prison north of Damascus and scouring the halls of overflowing hospitals and morgues, desperate relatives...
Israeli warplanes pound Syria as troops reportedly advance deeper into the country
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Israel carried out a wave of heavy airstrikes across Syria as its troops advanced deeper into the country, drawing to...
Syria – latest: Russia scrabbles to secure bases after Assad overthrow as Damascus prison tunnels searched
The Assad regime’s brutal half-century-long grip on Syria has come to an end, in a stunning defeat by opposition insurgents who seized control of...