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Both U.S. President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump reacted Sunday to the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria. Given its strategic interests in the Middle East, the U.S. is expected to keep a close eye on what lies ahead in Syria. VOA’s Veronica Balderas Iglesias reports.

Kurdish politicians in Turkey expressed their satisfaction with the end of the Assad regime in Syria. Speaking to VOA Turkish, several Kurdish politicians in Turkey called on Ankara to see the Kurds in Syria as friends and allies rather than as a threat. They also called on Kurdish groups in Syria to reconcile with Turkey. Following the developments in Syria, the first statement from Kurdish political actors in Turkey came from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM...

Each concert lasted about three-and-a-half hours and featured at least 44 songs, divided into 10 parts, or 'eras,' of her recording career

As the 61-year Baathist regime comes to an end, with Syrian President Bashar Assad leaving the country, one of the largest celebrations abroad is being held in Turkey, which hosts nearly 3 million Syrian refugees. Istanbul, which hosts nearly 500,000 Syrian refugees, has been the scene of many demonstrations since Saturday evening. Sunday, opponents of the regime removed the Syrian flag hanging at the Syrian Consulate General in Istanbul’s Tesvikiye district, and they celebrated the...

St. Nicholas’ Reindeers initiative publishes letters online detailing children's wishes

The civil war in Syria, which began in 2011, gained a new dimension with the overthrow of the Assad regime. After armed rebel groups let by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) entered Damascus, Assad left Syria. Russian state media reported that Assad and his family arrived in Moscow. Military sources and experts in France who assessed the developments for VOA Turkish agreed that the biggest winner in the latest developments is Turkey, “while the biggest losers are Iran and Russia.” However, they...

Syrian rebels ousted President Bashar Assad and seized control of Damascus, forcing him to flee and ending his family's decades of rule after more than 13 years of civil war in a seismic moment for Middle East

Collapse of Bashar Assad's rule over Syria marks culmination of a nearly 14-year rebellion and a key moment in civil war that killed hundreds of thousands of people, displaced half the population and drew in outside powers

There will be personalized tributes with performances and testimonials from fellow artists during gala at John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts

U.S. President Joe Biden declared Sunday that the sudden demise of the Syrian government under Bashar Assad was a “fundamental act of justice,” but that it was “a moment of uncertainty” for the Mideast. Biden, speaking at the White House, said the collapse of the decades-long iron rule by the Assad family was “the best opportunity in a generation for the Syrian people to forge their own destiny.” Biden said that action by the U.S. and its allies over the last two years weakened...

Opposition forces led by jihadi group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham swept across the country and entered Damascus with little or no resistance as Syrian army melted away

he town of Orikhiv in southeastern Ukraine is located just ten kilometers from the front lines and is under almost-constant Russian shelling. Only some 900 people remain. Among them is the couple of Yuriy and Lubov Lysenko, who have been caring for dozens of animals that their neighbors left behind.

India will not support the creation of a shared currency among the nine-nation BRICS group, analysts say, but is promoting transnational trade in its local currency

India is not supporting the creation of a shared currency among the nine-nation BRICS grouping but it is trying to promote trade in its local currency, according to analysts in New Delhi. Anjana Pasricha has a report from New Delhi.

New US leader promises mass deportations, tariffs, pardons for Jan. 6 rioters

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The FBI is offering a 50-thousand-dollar reward for information that leads to the arrest of the assassin of a health-care CEO in New York City. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi has the story.

With rebels seizing key Syrian cities and releasing prisoners, family of  American reporter Austin Tice hope he too will be freed

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