Syria

Syria after Assad

How Syria’s captagon trade shifted to Sweida after Assad’s fall

Once a key smuggling corridor, Sweida has emerged as the drug's new hub in Syria, fuelled by weak state control and ongoing Israeli support for local armed factions
War on Iran
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War on Iran
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Syria after Assad
Syria's government begins to return Alawi lands, while maintaining its hold over others
Syria after Assad
Syria says missing chess champion’s six children likely killed under Assad
Syria after Assad
Euphrates flooding displaces thousands in Syria's Deir Ezzor
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Syria War
Canada pledges to resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees over three years
Charlie Hebdo
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Arab Spring
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Islamic State
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Syria War
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Inside Lebanon
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Syria War
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