Raja Abdulrahim
Middle East Correspondent, Levant at The New York Times
Middle East correspondent covering the Levant for @NYTimes. Formerly @WSJ and @LATimes. News tips: [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
afr.com | Raja Abdulrahim
Raja AbdulrahimJun 12, 2025 – 9.00amGift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginIn the eyes of Syria’s new leaders, the foreign fighters who battled alongside their rebel groups to oust the Assad dictatorship are loyal allies “who have stuck beside the revolution”. For the United States, many of these fighters conjure images of terrorist groups such as the Islamic State group. Loading...
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Raja Abdulrahim |Diego Sanchez |Diego Sánchez
Thousands of foreign fighters fought alongside the Syrian rebel groups that toppled the Assad dictatorship. Many plan to stay, despite the qualms of the United States and some Syrians. In the eyes of Syria's new leaders, the foreign fighters who battled alongside their rebel groups to oust the Assad dictatorship are loyal allies "who have stuck beside the revolution."For the United States, many of these fighters conjure images of terrorist groups like the Islamic State.
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1 month ago |
nytimes.com | Raja Abdulrahim
The U.S. special envoy to Syria has said that the new government in the Mideast country has agreed to help locate and return American citizens or their remains, calling it a "powerful step forward." The Trump administration had previously demanded such cooperation in exchange for sanctions relief. The envoy, Thomas J.
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1 month ago |
nytimes.com | Raja Abdulrahim
Many in Syria want to enshrine remnants of their recent history, not only to remember it, but as a cautionary tale. Banners, posters and graffiti denouncing the dictatorship. Artillery shells turned into sculptures. Implements of torture. Even an entire prison. As Syria emerges from a painful chapter in its recent history, some in the country are fervently trying to preserve the remnants of an anti-government uprising that morphed into a civil war and lasted almost 14 years.
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1 month ago |
thestar.com.my | Raja Abdulrahim
HOURS after the Assad dictatorship fell in Syria, business owner Rasin Katta got a call from a former business partner in Damascus. “‘Rasin, we’re going to start working again,’” Katta recalled the partner telling him excitedly. “‘We can start preparing the factory.’”Katta, whose family owned medical and pharmaceutical businesses, had left Syria for Germany during the nearly 14-year Syrian civil war. And he, too, was hopeful.
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