Tag: Syrians
Assad Defaced: Syrians Destroy a Dictator’s Icons
As the rebels swept across Syria, symbols that had once seemed omnipresent collapsed.In Aleppo, a statue of one of Mr. al-Assad’s brothers, Bassel...
Syrians Wake Up to a New Government
Syrians on Sunday were digesting the overnight announcement of a caretaker government that will be in power for the next five years, accepting...
Syrians returning home face deadly threat of landmines
Heba Bitar and Lina ShaikhouniIdlib, SyriaBBCThe White Helmets came across a treasure trove that could aid efforts in clearing mines. In their office...
Many Syrians Want Justice for Regime Crimes. Others Want Revenge.
Bashar Abdo had just returned home last month after four years in the Syrian military when a mob of neighbors and others armed...
Syrians eye future without Russia, but Moscow still hopes to stay
BBCSharaa, now Syria's de facto leader, said in a BBC interview last month that he would not rule out allowing the Russians to...
Syria’s New Rebel Government Orders Changes to School Curriculum, Worrying Some...
References to the ousted President Bashar al-Assad and his father, who ruled Syria before him, have been removed, as have images of pre-Islamic...
In Damascus, Syrians Reclaim Spaces and Freedoms After al-Assad’s Fall
For much of her life, Sumaya Ainaya spent weekend and summer nights on Mount Qasioun, which overlooks the city of Damascus, joined by...
BBC speaks to Syrians watching Israel’s incursion
BBCThe village used to fight against the Iran-backed groups Israel sees as a threat here, but Jawdat al-Tawil told me that alliances in...
