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In Assad’s Fall, an Echo of the Arab Spring
The regime’s collapse should also dispel at last the persistent myth that the Arab Spring was a mirage. The first wave of ...
Bashar al-Assad's strategy of chaos
The hopes of liberalization raised at the start of Hafez al-Assad's son's rule were short-lived. Urged by his family, the ...
Asharq Alawsat (English) on MSN5d
Marwan Hamadeh: Hafez al-Assad Told Us, ‘Forget Bachir Gemayel,' and he Was Assassinated 4 Days Later
For half a century, Lebanon lived under the long rule of the two Assads in Syria. Damascus held Lebanon’s fate in its hands, ...
Anadolu Ajansi7d
INTERVIEW - Lebanon’s Future Movement commemorates ex-Premier Hariri’s legacy, celebrates Assad’s fall
Praising Türkiye’s regional role, Lebanon’s Future Movement secretary-general says: ‘Türkiye has never pursued a divisive ...
Al-Monitor on MSN6d
Syrian forces uncover drugs, weapons in Hezbollah-controlled Lebanese border
Syrian forces uncover defunct drug factory in former Hezbollah stronghold near Lebanese border, cracking down on smugglers.
Foreign Affairs17d
A Better Lebanon Is Possible
Battered by conflict, in November, it signed a cease-fire agreement with Israel and pulled its forces from Lebanon’s south—Hezbollah’s traditional domain. Not long after, Bashar al-Assad’s ...
Hafez al-Assad's Syria: Forging a dynasty, at any price
Amid the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Iran-Iraq war, the Gulf War and talks with Israel, Hafez al-Assad's top priority was ...
CNN13d
Lebanon’s prime minister forms new government after unusual US intervention
Lebanon formed a new government on Saturday ... the ousting in December of Hezbollah’s Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad and Aoun’s election last month.
The New York Times19d
Middle East Crisis
President Bashar al-Assad, who wielded fear and force over ... pushed by multiple factors, including wars in Lebanon and Syria that have seriously weakened Hamas’s allies and the election ...
The Times of Israel26d
Syria’s new regime says it stopped weapons shipment heading to Hezbollah in Lebanon
Syrian authorities seized a shipment of weapons heading to the Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon, the official SANA news agency reported on Sunday According to SANA ...