Syria through a photographer's lens: 'We began working on stories that Assad's regime forbade us to cover'

One year ago, a group of Syrian rebels announced they had taken Damascus, ending the rule of Bashar al-Assad. Photographer ...

Syrians emptied Assad’s prisons. They’re filling up again, and abuse is rife

A year ago, Syria’s new leader pledged to 'close the notorious prisons' run by Bashar al-Assad. But prisons and detention ...

Assad's prisons emptied by Syria fill up again as abuse spreads

Prisons and lockups that jailed tens of thousands of people during Assad’s rule are now crowded with Syrians detained by President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s security forces and held without formal charges.
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Syrians emptied Assad’s prisons. They’re filling up again, with same methods of abuse and torture

Then came the second wave in late winter: Hundreds of people from Assad’s Alawite sect, mostly men, were seized by the new ...

Bashar al-Assad's new life in Moscow - playing PlayStation games and ‘brushing up on ophthalmology’, living in luxury apartment away from the outside world after fall…

Assad is said to spend his days playing video games and brushing up on his ophthalmology skills in his luxury Moscow flat and ...