Hitler at home: How the Nazi PR machine remade the Führer’s domestic image and duped the world
With views of Germany on one side of the mountain and Austria on the other, the Berghof was the most public of Hitler’s private homes, and it exerted a powerful hold on the Nazi imagination of empire.
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Assad cousin notorious for role in suppressing protests in Syria arrested
A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 uprising has been detained inside Syria, according to state news agency SANA.
Al-Monitor14d
UAE, Saudi Arabia congratulate Sharaa as Jordan resumes Syria flights
The resumption of flights comes almost two months after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad on Dec. 8, following a swift rebel offensive led by the Islamist militia Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). Royal ...
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After Assad’s fall, Syrians search for lost loved ones – and a path forward
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...
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Syria Arrests Assad-Era Officer Seen as Responsible for Triggering 2011 Uprising
Najib is the most senior member of Assad's former political or security structures whose arrest has been announced since Islamist rebels Hayat Tahrir al-Sham seized power from the former president ...
Al-Monitor14d
40 years on, Hama survivors recall horror of Assad-era massacre
Only my family knew," said Hadid, now a father of five. In light of the December 8 ouster of Bashar al-Assad, "we can talk at last", he said. On February 2, 1982, amid an information blackout, Assad's ...
The New York Times14d
Egypt Fears Syria’s Revolutionary Fervor Could Be Contagious
By Vivian Yee Reporting from Cairo Soon after Islamist rebels overthrew the authoritarian president of Syria, Bashar al-Assad, a hashtag gathered steam on Egyptian social media: “It’s your ...
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The fall of symbols: Toppling Hafez al-Assad’s largest statue in Syria
At the heart of Hafez al-Assad’s rise to power was Mohamed Deeb Daboul (known as Abu Saleem), a close confidant and office secretary of the late Syrian president since the late 1960s. Daboul was born ...
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Gabbard sheds light on Assad visit, expresses shock intelligence community showed no interest at the time
Director of national intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard shed further light on her 2017 meeting with then-Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, a trip that has come under the microscope since President ...