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Syria Swears in New Transitional Government

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Syria swears in new transitional government months after Assad’s removal

Syria’s new transitional government was sworn in Saturday nearly four months after the Assad family was removed from power and as the new authorities in Damascus work to bring back stability to the war-torn country.

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Syria announces a new transitional government

Syria’s interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa announced a new cabinet on Saturday, reflecting a more diverse range of Syrians amid international pressure for inclusivity but set within a transitional system that ultimately keeps power tightly within his own hands.

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Syria's President Al-Sharaa Forms New Transitional Government

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa announced a transitional government on Saturday, a key milestone in the transition away from decades of Assad family rule and improving Syria's ties with the West. (Reporting by Enas Alashray and Ahmed Tolba;

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Syria swears in new government months after Assad was deposed

The announcement was made just in time to meet a self-imposed deadline to form an interim government in March, almost four months after the Islamist rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham deposed former president Bashar al-Assad in a largely bloodless military offensive and installed Sharaa as leader.

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Syria's president al-Sharaa forms new transitional government

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa announced a transitional government on Saturday, appointing 23 ministers in a broadened cabinet seen as a key milestone in the transition from decades of Assad family rule and to improving Syria's ties with the West.

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Syria swears in new transitional government 4 months after Assad's removal

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US warns of possible attacks in Syria during a Muslim holiday

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The U.S. warned of an increased possibility of attacks in Syria during the Eid el-Fitr holiday that marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Eid could begin in Syria on Sunday depending on the sighting of the new moon.

Inside the new Syria

Since the downfall of the Baathist regime, Syrians have been speaking more freely about their future – and their doubts in interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa and sectarian violence against Alawites

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How Syria's sectarian violence spread to capital, terrorizing Alawites

According to accounts from 13 witnesses in Damascus, however, the sectarian violence spread to the southern edges of Syria's capital, a few kilometres from the presidential palace.

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In Syria, Being Wanted Went From Something to Fear to a Badge of Honor

The ousted Assad dictatorship kept lists of millions of wanted people. Now, Syrians are openly asking whether they “have a name” on any of those lists and are sharing the news proudly.

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Syria News | Today's Latest Stories | Reuters

Italy has earmarked some 68 million euros ($73.20 million) to finance humanitarian projects and rebuild infrastructure in Syria, Rome's foreign minister told lawmakers on Thursday, saying it was ...

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Syria's sectarian violence reached capital, terrorizing Alawites, residents say

The accounts by the dozen witnesses in Damascus, however, indicate that sectarian violence unfolded in the southern edges of Syria's capital, a few kilometres from the presidential palace.

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Germany reopens its embassy in Syria, 13 years after it was closed

DAMASCUS, Syria — Germany's foreign minister reopened its embassy in Damascus on Thursday, 13 years after it was shut in the early days of Syria’s civil war, saying that Europe needs “eyes ...

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This Ramadan, relief and hope bump against violence and uncertainty in the new Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Sahar Diab had visited Damascus’ famed Umayyad Mosque previously. But as the Syrian lawyer went there to pray during her country’s first Ramadan after the end of the ...