Syria's new transitional government has been sworn in nearly four months after the Assad family was removed from power and as ...

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Members of minority groups including a Christian woman, a Kurd, and and an Alawite given cabinet positions as Damascus aims ...

The Assad family, members of the minority Alawite sect, ruled Syria for over half a century until Bashar was ousted in December by Sunni Islamist militants who sought to reshape the country’s ...

When Mariam Aabour learned of the ouster of Syrian leader Bashar Assad, she shed tears of joy ... trickled back in from ...

First, because we have overthrown Bashar Assad. Of course ... On Dec. 8, the insurgents marched into Damascus, marking the end of the Assad family's 54-year rule that was considered one of the most ...

Damascus] For the first time in more than five decades, Syrians are observing the holy month of Ramadan without the rule of ...

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The announcement was made just in time to meet a self-imposed deadline to form an interim government in March, almost four ...

After nearly a month-long delay, the composition of Syria's new government has finally been revealed and sworn in. This new ...