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Fear and protests as Syria rebels advance on Damascus

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As rebels advance south, how much trouble is Syria's Assad in?

Syrian rebel groups have taken Aleppo and Hama and moving south to Homs, inching closer to Damascus in an urgent threat to the Assad regime.

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US sees increasing possibility that Syria’s Assad falls

The administration expects the Syrian rebels to capture the central city of Homs within days, if not sooner.

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Iran promises to do everything for Assad, but how far can it go?

Caught off guard by the recent rebel offensive in Syria, Iran is campaigning to galvanize regional political support for President Bashar al-Assad in what appears to be a race against time amid the Syrian army's fast-crumbling lines of resistance.

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As Islamic State militants reportedly made advances in Syria on Thursday, the commander in chief of the Women’s Protection Units warned in an exclusive interview that the group’s plans included taking “over entire villages.”

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Rebel offensive to force Syria onto Trump’s agenda

An anti-government fighter covers his ears as a multi-barrel rocket launcher fires against regime forces, in the northern outskirts of Syria's west-central city of Hama on Dec. 4, 2024.

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Syria’s US-backed Kurdish forces seize Deir ez-Zor as Assad hangs by thread

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UK leader Starmer heads to Gulf to talk trade, Mideast

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Syrians in Berlin stunned by whirlwind events at home

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AFP journalists among media honoured at Doha Forum

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Israel army says assisting UN force in 'repelling attack' in Syria

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