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Syria to hold parliamentary ballot in September as first elections since Assad’s removal

Syria will hold parliamentary elections in September, the head of a body tasked with organizing the election process told ...

Southern Syria exploded into the worst violence of post-Assad era. What that means for the region's future

Seven months of relative calm in Syria came to a bloody end last week, when what began as local skirmishes escalated into the ...
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After Assad: Syria’s Fractured Path Forward - MSN

Syria’s most pressing challenge is resolving its deep domestic fractures. The fall of Assad has left a country with weak institutions, destroyed infrastructure, and a population divided along ...
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How the Assads used a civil war to turn Syria into a narco state

As Syria's economy collapsed during its civil war, the country became something of a narco state. The regime of ousted President Bashar al-Assad earned billions by trafficking in the drug Captagon ...

Syria forms committee to investigate Sweida violence

Syria has pledged to investigate clashes in the southern province of Sweida which killed hundreds of people last month -the second major episode of sectarian violence since the ouster of longtime ...
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How Syria’s Bashar al-Assad fell so quickly - MSN

Under Assad, Syria’s biggest regional benefactor was Iran, but since the Oct. 7 attacks, it has withstood Israeli military strikes and watched its Palestinian ally, Hamas, also weakened by Israel.