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‘What reconciliation? What forgiveness?’: Syria’s deadly reckoning – podcast
By October 13, 2025

Over a few brutal days in March, as sectarian violence and revenge killings tore through parts of Syria, two friends from different communities tried to find a way to surviveBy Ghaith Abdul-Ahad. Read by Mo Ayoub Continue reading…

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‘What reconciliation? What forgiveness?’: Syria’s deadly reckoning – podcast
By October 13, 2025

Over a few brutal days in March, as sectarian violence and revenge killings tore through parts of Syria, two friends from different communities tried to find a way to surviveBy Ghaith Abdul-Ahad. Read by Mo Ayoub Continue reading…

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Man jailed for murdering Syrian teenager in Huddersfield street
ByRaphael Boyd October 10, 2025

Alfie Franco stabbed Ahmad Al Ibrahim shortly after Ibrahim brushed past Franco’s girlfriend, court heardA man has been detained for life with a minimum term of 23 years for murdering a teenage Syrian refugee after he brushed past his girlfriend in Hud…

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A teenager fled horror in Syria – only to be murdered on a sunny day in Huddersfield
ByJosh Halliday and Raphael Boyd October 9, 2025

Ahmad Al Ibrahim, 16, was looking to make some friends but died after an innocuous encounter with Alfie FrancoAfter the horror of Homs, the Syrian teenager had found the relative harmony of Huddersfield. Sixteen-year-old Ahmad Al Ibrahim had been injur…

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A teenager fled horror in Syria – only to be murdered on a sunny day in Huddersfield
ByJosh Halliday and Raphael Boyd October 9, 2025

Ahmad Al Ibrahim, 16, was looking to make some friends but died after an innocuous encounter with Alfie FrancoAfter the horror of Homs, the Syrian teenager had found the relative harmony of Huddersfield. Sixteen-year-old Ahmad Al Ibrahim had been injur…

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In Syria, a Crackdown on Gunfire at Weddings
ByRaja Abdulrahim and Nicole Tung October 8, 2025

Marriages and other glad occasions in Syria are often celebrated by firing shots in the air. But after nearly 14 years of war, people want the guns to go silent.

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In Syria, a Crackdown on Gunfire at Weddings
ByRaja Abdulrahim and Nicole Tung October 8, 2025October 8, 2025

Marriages and other glad occasions in Syria are often celebrated by firing shots in the air. But after nearly 14 years of war, people want the guns to go silent.

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Deadly Clashes Erupt Between Syrian Government Forces and Kurdish Fighters
ByCarlotta Gall October 7, 2025

Tensions have been building over government attempts to bring the Kurdish-led region in northeastern Syria under its authority. Kurdish leaders have so far resisted.

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Syria Chooses a Parliament of Revolutionaries
ByCarlotta Gall October 6, 2025

In the first elections since the Assad regime was ousted, there was no popular vote and women and minorities won few seats. Still, many Syrians saw it as progress toward ending authoritarian rule.

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Syria Chooses a Parliament of Revolutionaries
ByCarlotta Gall October 6, 2025

In the first elections since the Assad regime was ousted, there was no popular vote and women and minorities won few seats. Still, many Syrians saw it as progress toward ending authoritarian rule.

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