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Death toll rises as Syrian security forces struggle to quell Assad loyalist attacks

Battle in Latakia is marked escalation by Bashar al-Assad loyalists against Syria’s new Islamist-led government

Syrian security forces have battled Assad regime loyalists on Syria’s coast for a second…

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Hunt for Assad's 'ghost' brother: Tyrant's 'vampire' sibling who oversaw £1.9bn drugs empire becomes Syria's most-wanted as rebels find sex pills and secret tunnels at his empty palace

Maher Hafez al-Assad was abandoned by his sibling as the dictator fled the country their family had ruled for decades, being left to fend for himself as rebel fighters closed in on the capital on Dec…

The Observer view on Syria: we must reach out a hand of friendship to Damascus | Observer editorial

The challenges facing Ahmed al-Sharaa’s new government are numerous, complex and daunting. But the west must not attempt to dictate events

One struggle ends, another begins. Revolution begets counter…

Syria’s future must be determined by Syrians, not outside powers | Mohamad Bazzi

The Assad family’s brutal half-century reign has just ended and the US, Israel and Turkey are already vying for influence

As Syrians celebrated the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s brutal regime on Sunday, t…

Guardian reporter at the scene of the burnt tomb of Assad’s father – video

Syrians returned to a mausoleum in Qardaha near Latakia that housed the remains of Hafez al-Assad, who seized control of Syria in 1970. A day after the remains of the former leader were burned by ar…

What comes next for Syria’s women? A revolution that doesn’t free them is no revolution at all | Mona Eltahawy

The women celebrating the destruction of jails and dungeons will now be wondering why their own oppression cannot also be dismantled

Thirteen years after they joined the revolutionary wave sweeping ac…

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