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Syria’s southern rebels loom large as the country’s new rulers try to form a national army

NAWA, Syria (AP) — As insurgents raced across Syria in a surprise offensive launched in the country’s northwest late last year, officials from several countries backing either the rebels or Syria’s government...

Syria’s embassy in Lebanon suspends services as Lebanon hands over former Syrian army officers

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s embassy in Lebanon suspended consular services Saturday, a day after two relatives of deposed Syrian President Bashar Assad were arrested at the Beirut airport with allegedly forged passports.Also...

An uneasy calm settles over Syrian city of Homs after outbreak of sectarian violence

HOMS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s new security forces checked IDs and searched cars in the central city of Homs on Thursday, a day after protests by members of the Alawite minority erupted...

In Assad’s hometown, few shared in his family’s fortune. They hope they won’t share in his downfall

QARDAHA, Syria (AP) — On the walls of the palatial mausoleum built to house the remains of former Syrian President Hafez Assad, vandals have sprayed variations of the phrase, “Damn your soul,...

UN envoy calls for sanctions relief to help rebuild Syria after Assad’s ouster

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — In churches across long-stifled Syria, Christians marked the first Sunday services since the sudden collapse of Bashar Assad’s regime in an air of transformation. Some were in tears,...

Palestinian refugees return to Yarmouk amid questions about their place in the new Syria

DAMASCUS (AP) — The Yarmouk refugee camp outside Damascus was considered the capital of the Palestinian diaspora before the war in Syria reduced it to row after row of blasted out buildings...

Hamas official says Gaza ceasefire talks have resumed after weekslong hiatus

ISTANBUL (AP) — A Hamas official said Thursday that international mediators have resumed negotiating with the militant group and Israel over a ceasefire in Gaza, and that he was hopeful a deal...

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