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Assad’s final hours in Syria: Deception, despair and flight
By Samia Nakhoul, Maya Gebeily, Parisa Hafezi and Suleiman Al-KhalidiDUBAI (Reuters) - Bashar al-Assad confided in almost no one about his plans to flee...
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...
America’s closest ally in Syria is losing ground as a new order takes shape
The jihadi rebels who toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad say they want to build a unified, inclusive country. But after nearly 14 years of...
Russian troops are likely still at their key bases in Syria, and it will be ‘obvious’ if they try to leave: senior analyst
Russia hasn't mass-evacuated troops and gear out of its key bases in Syria.A senior analyst said the signs would be clear — such a...
Russia transported Assad in ‘most secured way,’ Russian Deputy FM tells NBC News
(Reuters) - Russia transported Bashar al-Assad, who was ousted as Syria's president by a lightning rebel offensive, very securely to Russia, the country's deputy...