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  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    News in-depthSyrian crisis
    Turkey: will Erdoğan emerge as the big winner of the Syria crisis?

    A decade of backing Syria’s armed opposition could pay off while reshaping the region’s balance of power

    People hold a banner featuring Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as members of the Syrian community and supporters gather to celebrate the fall of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad
  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
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    Operation Gaza: ‘I’m trying to save lives in a war zone’

    Plastic surgeon Victoria Rose shares her experience 

    Victoria Rose in her outpatient clinic at St Thomas’ Hospital in London
  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    Syrian rebels topple Assad regime

    Overthrowing of regime marks culmination of lightning offensive by rebel groups

  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
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    Syrian crisis - as it happened
  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    Syrian crisis
    Assad flees Syria for Moscow as rebels seize Damascus

    Deposed leader arrives in Russian capital, according to state newswire, after regime toppled

    Cheering men walk past an arch on a Damascus street at daybreak on December 8
  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    News in-depthSyrian crisis
    Inside the fallen stronghold: Damascus erupts in joy as regime is swept away

    But euphoria is tempered by chaos as people overrun symbols of the former regime

    The crowds mass on and around a statue
  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    News in-depthSyrian crisis
    How the Assad family built an empire of fear in Syria

    Hafez and his son Bashar killed countless people over five decades and oversaw the country’s descent into kleptocracy

    A combination image of a statue of Hafez al-Assad and a poster of Bashar al-Assad being trodden on by a rebel fighter
  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    Syrian crisis
    Iran ‘lost faith’ in Assad before his ousting

    Insider says Tehran declined to provide more military support for now-deposed Syrian leader

    Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    Syrian crisis
    Assad flees Syria as rebels seize Damascus

    Toppling of regime marks culmination of lightning offensive by rebel groups led by HTS

    An anti-government fighter steps on a torn up portrait of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad
  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    ExplainerSyrian crisis
    A short guide to Syria’s long war

    Assad’s fall concludes the arc of ‘Arab Spring’ uprisings that reshaped the region

    Montage of Syria flag and HTS rebels
  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    Ammar Azzouz
    Now Syria can dream of a future again

    The walls of fear have been destroyed — there is a new landscape of hope that has been hard to even dare to imagine

    Rebel forces shoot in the air as they celebrate in the central Syrian city of Homs early on December 8
  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    A welcome end to a brutal Middle East dynasty

    Collapse of Syria’s Assad regime brings hope — and fear — to a beleaguered nation

    People celebrate on top of an armoured  tank with anti-government fighters in Damascus
  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    Syrian crisis
    The 7 days that ended 50 years of Assad rule — in maps

    How a lightning rebel advance toppled a family dynasty in a week

    Syrian opposition fighters celebrate after the Syrian government collapsed in Damascus on Sunday
  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    Travelista
    Three blissful beachside escapes

    Feet-in-the-sand stays in Egypt, California and Indonesia

    The wraparound terrace of a sea villa at Ta’aktana
  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    Global InsightAndrew England
    What is next for Syria after Assad’s fall?

    The real test for the country and Middle East will come when triumphant but disparate rebel factions divide the spoils — and whether they can share power

    Syrian opposition fighters celebrate after the government collapsed in Damascus
  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    Person in the News
    Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the Syrian rebel leader who overthrew the Assad regime

    The offensive by his Islamist group has marked a turning point in the country’s bloody 13-year civil war

    Illustration of Abu Mohammad al-Jolani in combat fatigues and cap, with beard, against a background of a map of Syria
  • Saturday, 7 December, 2024
    Syrian crisis
    Syrian rebels push towards Damascus as Assad’s grip on power wanes

    Government forces withdraw from strategic cities and US envoy says Iran ‘pulling out’

    A rebel fighter wearing a balaclava raises his arm
  • Saturday, 7 December, 2024
    Travel & leisure industry
    Britons rush to book winter sun holidays in cheaper destinations

    Rise in demand for travel comes as customers increasingly pay for trips in instalments

    Beach in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada in Egypt
  • Saturday, 7 December, 2024
    The Weekend Essay
    ‘The feeling of freedom’: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on her liberation from Iran

    Held in the country for six years, the former prisoner shares her insights into how repressive states work — and finding escape through books

    A woman with long dark hair in profile. She clutches two books close
  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    Syrian crisis
    Russia warns citizens they may need to leave Syria

    Rapid rebel advance deepens crisis for Moscow-allied Assad regime as insurgents approach strategic city of Homs

    Rebel fighters on the back of a pick-up in Hama on Friday
  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    US-Iran tensions
    Iran ramping up highly enriched uranium stockpile, UN warns

    Head of nuclear watchdog said ‘very concerning’ move could rapidly expand Tehran’s production capacity

    Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian meets with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi in Tehran
  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Trump’s Middle East envoy met Israel and Qatar PMs to broker ceasefire

    Steven Witkoff held talks with Netanyahu and Sheikh Mohammed to discuss deal ahead of inauguration

    Steven Witkoff
  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Israeli president calls Elon Musk to revive Gaza hostage talks

    Families of those held in enclave urge Isaac Herzog to keep issue in focus for incoming Trump administration

    Elon Musk attends a meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog in November 2023 in Jerusalem, Israel
  • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
    Aerospace & Defence
    Qatar looks to buy another 12 Typhoon jets from UK

    New order would provide boost to production for BAE Systems

    Prime Minister Keir Starmer with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani outside 10 Downing Street
  • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
    Syrian crisis
    Syrian rebels seize key city of Hama as army retreats

    Insurgents’ commander announces ‘complete liberation’ after withdrawal of government forces

    A Syrian anti-government fighter fires his rifle into the air in the streets of the west-central city of Hama
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