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A security source told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that the influx of people attempting to leave Syria includes Iranians and Iraqis - but that most come from Syrian minority groups. It comes despite ...
“We are leaving Syria because we are Shiites,” said Ammar Shahbander, 32, a philosophy professor fleeing Aleppo for Syria’s neighbor, Lebanon.Around 74% of Syrians are Sunnis, like HTS ...
Syrian rebels ousted President Bashar al-Assad and seized control of Damascus on Sunday, forcing him to flee and ending his family's decades of rule after more than 13 years of civil war in a ...
More than a decade later, about half a million people have been killed, according to The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a U.K.-based monitoring group. Millions of Syrians have fled overseas ...
This may prove the swift and severe change that Syria needed to stabilize – a shaking of the carpet that leaves society smoother. Syria’s past 13 years have been so brutal it deserves exactly ...
Syrian refugees in Paris, London, Stockholm, Helsinki and Athens took part in public celebrations. [28] Thousands of Syrians in Berlin, Germany, congregated along streets to celebrate the overthrow. In Neukölln, celebrators brought out the flag of the Syrian opposition and marched to Kreuzberg. [38] People celebrate the fall of Assad in Germany
A Syrian refugee child in Istanbul Syrian refugee centre on the Turkish border 80 kilometres from Aleppo, Syria (3 August 2012). Turkey – As of September 2019, Turkey hosts 3.66 million registered Syrian refugees, compared to 2.73 million in September 2016. [165] About 30% live in 22 government-run camps near the Syrian border. [166]
Iranian diplomats and Quds Force commanders left Syria in haste. [159] Many Syrians reportedly held Iran and Hezbollah responsible for supporting Assad's oppressive rule. [160] The loss of Syria also disrupted Iran's supply routes to Hezbollah in Lebanon, weakening the group's arsenal and diminishing Iran's strategic foothold in the region. [157]