Bashar al-Assad
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Is Germany considering military intervention in Syria?In Depth Report suggests the nation would join US-led air strikes in the event of another chemical attack
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Syrian jet downed by Israel over Golan HeightsSpeed Read Rare confrontation could provoke tensions as Assad forces fight to regain border territory
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What is happening in Syria? Assad forces retake rebel strongholdIn Depth City of Deraa, where the uprising began more than seven years ago, falls ‘without a fight’
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Syria’s Bashar al-Assad ‘planning state visit to North Korea’Speed Read Controversial president reportedly admires the ‘outstanding political calibre’ of Kim Jong Un
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Israel warns Iran over nuclear ambitionsSpeed Read In a veiled threat, Israel confirms it destroyed Syrian nuclear reactor in 2007
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Syria: 12,000 civilians flee Eastern Ghouta as army advancesIn Depth Government air strikes prompt mass exodus and mark ‘beginning of the end’ for rebels
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US-led forces kill up to 100 Syrian fighters loyal to Assad in rare air strikeSpeed Read Syrian news agency says US targeted forces fighting Islamic State
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Russia’s Syrian peace talks begin despite opposition delegates’ boycottSpeed Read Turkish-backed rebel representatives refuses to leave airport in protest over ‘branding’
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Putin pulls his forces out of SyriaIn Depth Analysts suspect he will not relinquish his growing influence in the region
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How Vladimir Putin became the Middle East’s power-brokerSpeed Read Russian president to push world leaders for Syrian peace plan after Assad meeting
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Syria’s civil war is over and Assad has won, says the UNSpeed Read Special envoy Staffan de Mistura says Syrian rebels must give up their armed struggle and try to ‘win the peace’
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75,000 Syrians 'disappeared' by Assad regimeSpeed Read Amnesty launches a campaign against abduction to mark International Day of the Disappeared
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Assad regime behind Syria's sarin gas massacre, says UNIn Depth In Depth: Russia claims report contains inconsistencies and unverified evidence
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Sean Spicer criticised after saying 'even Hitler didn't use chemical weapons'In Depth Comparing the Nazi leader with Assad is a 'moral horror' and risks trivialising the scale of Hitler's crimes, say critics
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