HISTORICAL FACTS: 3 - The Untold Story

First Thing: US Amazon workers go on their ‘largest’ strike amid holiday rush

Employees at seven facilities including in New York, Atlanta and San Francisco take action. Plus, Elon Musk sinks congressional spending bill

The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2024

Inside Aleppo, the city Assad left to rot as a lesson in the price of rising up

A decade on from the Guardian’s last visit, it is clear war has ripped the city apart – but there are signs of positive change

The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2024

After a decade in Turkey, a Syrian refugee rushes to return home, but reality hits

After more than a decade as a refugee in Turkey, Ahmed al-Kassem decided to bring his family back home to Syria only days after the fall of Bashar Assad

The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2024

Reassured 'For Now', Aleppo's Christians Prepare For Christmas

For the Catholic Marist Brothers of Aleppo, one of nearly a dozen Christian communities in Syria's second city, today's most pressing question is how to decorate the Christmas tree.

International Business Times · Dec 13, 2024

At Turkey-Syria Border, Returning Children Cross Into The Unknown

Eight-year-old Rayan Assani knows next to nothing about Syria, but in a few minutes, the little girl with long black hair and a Barbie backpack will cross the border and head for her family's native Aleppo.

International Business Times · Dec 13, 2024

Latino Priests Are Refusing Leave War-Torn Syria Despite Uncertainty Following The Fall Of Assad

The priests have received numerous offers to be extracted from the war-torn country but will spend Christmas in Aleppo.

Latin Times · Dec 11, 2024

Why the fall of Bashar al-Assad is unlikely to lead to peace in Syria

The Syrian opposition’s recent capture of the country’s largest city of Aleppo caught much of the international community by surprise. After the involvement of Russia, Iran and Hezbollah in the prolonged Syrian civil war, many observers assumed that Bashar al-Assad’s forces had won the conflict.

The Conversation · Dec 9, 2024

Syrian journalist in London hopes to return home after fall of Assad regime

Rebel groups ousted Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria on Sunday after 13 years of civil war

Evening Standard · Dec 9, 2024

How a lightning assault by Syrian rebels toppled Assad’s regime in less than two weeks

Distracted by wars elsewhere, president Bashar al-Assad’s military allies Russia, Iran, and Lebanon’s Hezbollah failed to mobilise the kind of decisive firepower that had propped him up for years

The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2024

Large Anti-Assad Demonstrations In Aleppo Following Regime Collapse

Large anti-Assad demonstrations in Aleppo after regime collapse. Rebel forces entered city last week.

Top News · Dec 9, 2024