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Leaked calls reveal plot by al-Assad regime officers to destabilise Syria

Al Jazeera Arabic investigation obtains recordings of Suheil al-Hassan discussing Israeli support, regrouping efforts.

Nearly 25 Islamic State fighters killed or captured in Syria, US military says

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said Tuesday that nearly 25 operatives of the Islamic State group were killed or captured ...
Military Times

US forces kill, capture ’nearly 25 ISIS’ fighters in Syria operations

Over a nine-day period, U.S. and allied forces conducted 11 operations that killed at least seven ISIS fighters and destroyed ...

The Cover-Up: Inside the Plot to Conceal Assad’s Crimes

Thousands of documents and interviews with Assad-era officials reveal how the regime worked to conceal evidence of its ...
CNN

As Syria’s president preaches human rights, new evidence details abuse allegedly carried out under one of his key commanders

Editor’s note: This story is part of As Equals, CNN’s ongoing series on gender inequality. It contains graphic and disturbing accounts of sexual violence. For information about how the series is ...
PBS

Syria welcomes permanent repeal of sweeping U.S. sanctions imposed during Assad regime

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s government and its allies on Friday welcomed the final lifting of the most draconian sanctions imposed on the country in recent decades. The U.S. Congress imposed the so ...
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Syrian intelligence chief in Beirut discusses security, asks about Assad-era officials

Syrian intelligence chief Abdul Rahman Al-Dabbagh made an unannounced visit to Lebanon this week to discuss bilateral security matters, as the two countries work to mend long-strained ties. Dabbagh ...
ICIJ

Damascus Dossier

An exposé into Assad’s vast system for the detention, torture and murder of Syrian citizens — and the international forces that financed his regime. Analysis of more than 134,000 leaked files from ...

Five arrested after Iowa National Guard soldiers killed in Syria

Syria has arrested five people suspected of having links to the shooting of five Iowa National Guard members, two of whom ...
Newsweek

Shunned by Putin, Syria’s Ex-Dictator Lives in Isolation

Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is living in near-isolation in Russia, sidelined by President Vladimir Putin, one year after fleeing Syria following the collapse of his rule, according to a ...
Forbes

A Year After Assad’s Fall, Russia Preserves Syrian Energy Influence

Extensive Russian influence in Syria goes back to the Soviet era and survived the collapse of the USSR and the end of communism. It appears that now Russian influence in Syria has survived the fall of ...
The Hill

In Syria, relief and reality collide one year after Assad’s fall

ALEPPO, SYRIA — Early Monday morning in Aleppo, soldiers lined the streets near the old city walls, standing in loose formation beside battered buildings as men gathered quietly around them. Almost no ...