Crowds celebrated in Latakia after the US House of Representatives approved a bill that will lift sanctions on Syria.
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Al Jazeera speaks to Syrians as they celebrate one year since the fall of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.
As refugees return to Syria, millions in the country remain displaced. Al Jazeera’s Osama Bin Javaid visited Atmeh Camp.
Now one year after the fall of al-Assad, how much will it cost to rebuild the country?
In the last year, Israel averaged nearly two daily attacks on Syria and grabbed more land in the occupied Golan Heights.
“There is low intensity crimes of vengeance because people know their tormentors.”
A military parade marking the fall of Bashar al-Assad conveyed a vastly different message than those of the past.
One year after Assad’s fall, Syrians are clinging to fragile hope and rebuilding not just cities, but trust.
Syrians return home and face mounting challenges in rebuilding their lives and country.
Syria has seen new social media platforms, student movements and cultural groups emerge as spaces for debate and reform.
Syrians have taken to the streets to celebrate the first anniversary of the removal of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.
