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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.

Syria unveils new bank notes more than a year after Assad’s ouster

Syria unveiled its new currency bills, just over a year after a lightning insurgency ousted former president Bashar al-Assad and ended his family's decades-long rule of the country.

How the Assad Regime Covered Up Its Crimes: Key Takeaways

We documented how the dictator Bashar al-Assad and his henchmen conspired to hide evidence of torture and deaths of detainees ...
SOFREP on MSN

Assad regime files expose Syria’s surveillance state and deadly informant network

The Wall Street Journal reports that intelligence files recovered in Damascus after Assad’s fall reveal how Syria’s secret ...

Syria secures Assad-era mass grave revealed by Reuters and opens criminal investigation

Syria’s government has ordered soldiers to guard a mass grave created to conceal atrocities under Bashar al-Assad.
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 ...

For Fallen Syrian Dictator Assad and Family, an Exile of Luxury and Impunity

Ms. al-Assad’s cousin and Maher’s daughter, Sham al-Assad, also appeared to celebrate her 22nd birthday with an extravaganza, ...
Asharq Al-Awsat

Bethlehem Camp's 'Lifeline' Football Field Faces Israeli Demolition

Earlier this month a group of Palestinian boys turned out to train at their local football pitch in the shadow of the wall ...
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 ...
NPR

A momentous week as Syria celebrates lifting U.S. sanctions and a year without Assad

DAMASCUS, Syria — As they mark the first anniversary this week of toppling Bashar al-Assad's regime, Syrians are also celebrating another likely milestone. The U.S. is on the verge of removing ...
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 ...