Sarah El Deeb

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After Assad’s fall, the task of unearthing the dead from Syria’s mass graves is just beginning

NAJHA, Syria (AP) — Bones are visible here and there among the mounds of earth in a field south of Damascus, one of the mass graves around Syria believed to hold the...

One week into a new Syria, rebels aim for normalcy and Syrians vow not to be silent again

DAMASCUS (AP) — At Damascus’ international airport, the new head of security — one of the rebels who marched across Syria to the capital — arrived with his team. The few maintenance...

Funeral for activist turns into call for justice for other missing Syrians

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Hundreds of Syrians marched through central Damascus on Thursday in the funeral procession of a well-known anti-government figure, chanting calls for justice for the activist who was killed...

Thousands scour Syria’s most horrific prison but find no sign of their loved ones

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — They came from all over Syria, tens of thousands. The first place they rushed to after the fall of their longtime tormentor, former President Bashar Assad, was here:...

Why the rebel capture of Syria’s Hama, a city with a dark history, matters

BEIRUT (AP) — One of the darkest moments in the modern history of the Arab world happened more than four decades ago, when then-Syrian President Hafez Assad launched what came to be...

Syrian insurgents are inside Aleppo in a major setback for Assad as government forces regroup

BEIRUT (AP) — Thousands of Syrian insurgents fanned out inside Aleppo in vehicles with improvised armor and pickups, deploying to landmarks such as the old citadel on Saturday, a day after they...

Syrian insurgents have breached the city of Aleppo

BEIRUT (AP) — Insurgents breached Syria’s second-largest city Aleppo after blowing up two car bombs on Friday and were clashing with government forces on the city’s western edge, according to a Syria...

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