Inside Bashar Assad’s detention centers, where ‘death was the least bad thing’
The system of detention, torture and death run by Syria’s former ruler, Bashar Assad, is starting to come out into the open.
Italy’s foreign minister heads to Syria to encourage post-Assad transition
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said he will travel to Syria on Friday to encourage the country's transition ...
Putin 'Stopped Taking Calls' From Bashar al-Assad Before Coup: Report
Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad were allegedly communicating before rebels took over the Syrian government in December.
A senior Assad aide said a 'trick' by Putin contributed to Syria's collapse
A former aide to Syria's deposed President Bashar Assad described how he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin ...
No Evidence Bashar al-Assad Was 'Poisoned' in 'Assassination Bid'
The Telegram account General SVR is popular with British tabloids but has a less-than-perfect track record for truth.
Long silenced by fear, Syrians now speak about rampant torture under Assad
The system of detention, torture and death run by Syria’s former ruler, Bashar Assad, is starting to come out into the open ...
Uncovering the atrocities of the Assad regime at its 'death factory' on the hill
Sednaya prison was the site where thousands of Syrians were tortured and killed under Assad’s regime. Investigators have ...
First international commercial flight since Assad’s ouster lands at Syria’s main airport
The first international commercial flight since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad has landed at the Damascus ...
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Syria’s once-empowered Alawite minority faces uncertain future after fall of Assad
As Syria emerges from decades of dictatorship, people in the Assad family's ancestral home of Latakia province are both overjoyed and anxious. Assad and his family are Alawite, an offshoot of Shia ...
Al-Assad Is Out, but So Is a Revered Queen: Textbook Changes Unsettle Syrians
Syria’s new government has swiftly ordered changes to school curriculums. Some Syrians say the move is a worrying sign of how ...
Safe From Looting, Damascus Museum Reopens A Month After Assad's Fall
Syrians returned on Wednesday to the national museum in Damascus, reopened for the first time since Islamist-led forces ...