Caught in limbo after the fall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, Kurdish families struggle with cold, loss and uncertainty — feeling abandoned by the U.S. allies they once fought alongside.
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Greetings from Syria, where a postwar olive harvest offers a long-lost taste of home
In the warm sun, gathering handfuls of hard olives promised a taste of home that residents of a village in the Homs countryside had been missing for nearly 14 years of civil war.
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US military reports a series of airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria
The U.S. military says the strikes were carried out in retaliation of the December ambush that killed two U.S. soldiers and one American civilian interpreter.
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A vast Syrian camp for ISIS families faces an uncertain fate after a security handover
The huge al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria for years has posed an intractable problem — a destitute and increasingly dangerous detention site where ISIS ideology lived on.
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Syrian government announces a ceasefire with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces
Syria’s new leaders, since toppling Bashar Assad in December 2024, have struggled to assert their full authority over the war-torn country.
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2 U.S. service members and 1 civilian are killed in ISIS attack in Syria
The attack, which took place in the city of Palmyra, comes a year after the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the lifting of U.S. sanctions.
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A momentous week as Syria celebrates lifting U.S. sanctions and a year without Assad
As they mark the first anniversary of toppling Bashar al-Assad’s regime, Syrians also celebrate another coming milestone: the lifting of sanctions, which could help give the country a new start.
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Syria marks a year since Assad fled, but struggles to heal
Syria is struggling to heal a year after the Assad dynasty’s repressive 50-year reign came to an end following 14 years of civil war that left the country battered and divided.
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Syrians displaced by war are returning to find homes occupied by foreign fighters
Fighters have settled across northern Syria, surprising displaced Syrians who’ve tried to return to their homes. Nearly a year after the war’s end, sorting out property ownership remains a pressing issue.
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Syrian President Sharaa makes the 1st White House visit by a Syrian head of state
President Ahmed al-Sharaa once had ties to al-Qaida and had a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head. Then he led the rebel forces that toppled former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad last year.
