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Syrians mark change with prayer

In churches across long-stifled Syria, Christians marked the first Sunday services since the collapse of Bashar Assad’s government in an air of transformation.

Hamas faces murky future without Assad

A severely hobbled Hezbollah was in no position to help defend former Syrian President Bashar Assad, a longtime ally, from the lightning-fast insurgency that toppled him.

Blinken confirms contact with Syrian group

American officials have been in direct contact with the terrorist-designated rebel group that led the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar Assad, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.

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