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Syria’s Alawites, tainted by Assad, endure a fall from grace
January 23, 2025
DEIR SHMAYEL, Syria —  In the mountains east of Syria’s Mediterranean coast, armed patrols root out Assad loyalists, masked gunmen monitor checkpoints and residents fret every strange face could be...
At a Russian airbase in Syria, questions loom over Moscow’s place in the country
December 17, 2024
HMEIMIM AIRBASE, SYRIA —  The Sukhoi fighter aircraft punched through the clouds, its growl echoing over Russia’s Hmeimim Airbase on Syria’s coast. Abu Zaid, a bearded militant with the Syrian...