Now, just three months after insurgents overthrew the longtime Syrian leader, officials who once served under the former Baathist government are hoping that the newfound alignment between a longtime ...

Now, just three months after insurgents overthrew the longtime Syrian leader, officials who once served under the former Baathist government are hoping that the newfound alignment between a ...

"We are no longer Baathists," Semsmieh, 43, said with a smile of relief, four days after Islamist-led rebels toppled the Baathist government of president Bashar al-Assad. "We were obliged to ...

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