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The leaders - from Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates - are worried that Bashar al-Assad’s ouster could stir unrest at home, analysts, officials and diplomats say.

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THE WASHINGTON POST: Red state leaders emboldened by Donald Trump’s presidential victory are not waiting for him to take office to advance far more conservative agendas at home.

An American citizen jailed in Syria was handed to the US government and taken to Jordan on Friday, US and Syrian officials said, after he was freed during the chaotic collapse of the Assad regime.

After sweeping into this capital city with ease, exposing the hollowness of the Assad regime after more than half a century of dictatorial rule, Syria’s rebels now face the more daunting task of governance.

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Israel defended its actions as defensive in nature, securing the country from future attacks, while Arab countries said they amounted to an illegal occupation.

Rapturous celebrations in the streets of Damascus were tempered by trepidation over whether the Syrian capital’s new rebel caretakers could deliver a better future.

Donald Trump’s name wasn’t mentioned at the unofficial launch of the Oscars season, but there is no doubt that his election has dramatically shaken up the most wide-open Academy Award race we’ve seen in years

President-elect Donald Trump, in his first post-election TV interview, promised a confrontational return to the White House, saying he would like to see many of those who investigated him jailed.

The rapid fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, coming hard on devastating losses suffered by Hezbollah, has dealt a serious blow to Iran’s Axis of Resistance as Israel stands strong.

President Bashar al-Assad ruled his country with an iron fist for 24 years, as his father had done for 30 years before him. His fall was swift and unexpected, but the signs were always there.

Donald Trump returned to Paris, not as a punchline this time but as a guest of honour.

President Bashar al-Assad’s control of Syria’s south has crumbled as rebels seize multiple cities and close in on Damascus, posing one of the most acute threats to his rule in 13 years of civil war.