Links to three reports: from National Public Radio and Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (Scroll down for SYRIA 12-7-25 — and up or down for GAZA, UKRAINE, WEST BANK and MEDIA.) — MCM

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Syria marks one year since the fall of the Assad regime. Reported by Jane Arraf and Leila Fadel | NPR  It’s been one year since Syria toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad. How the nation is marking the anniversary today. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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Syria’s tumultuous year without Assad, by Danny Makki | Middle East Eye  DAMASCUS — Gone are the men in leather jackets and blank stares stationed on street corners; Bashar al-Assad’s gaze no longer looms from school façades and motorway overpasses. READ MORE . . .

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How Turkey help engineer Ahmed al-Sharaa’s rise to power, by Rajip Soylu and Levent Kamal | Middle East Eye  It was the spring of 2019, and Syrian government forces were beginning to push towards Idlib with the help of the Russian air force. READ MORE . . .

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