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

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

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

DAMASCUS, Syria—During 13 years of revolution and war, the Syrian dictatorship of President Bashar al-Assad set a high water mark for cruelty in the 21st century, disappearing tens of thousands of ...

As we say our goodbyes to 2025, we must bid adieu to the memes that came with it. It was a surreal year on the internet — many of this year’s memes leaned heavily into the brain rot that’s come with ...

Tens of thousands of Syrians flooded the streets of Damascus on Monday to mark the first anniversary of the Assad regime’s collapse. The celebrations came a year after former Syrian dictator Bashar al ...

Homs, Syria — A year ago, Mohammad Marwan found himself stumbling, barefoot and dazed, out of Syria’s notorious Saydnaya prison on the outskirts of Damascus as rebel forces pushing toward the capital ...

Events held in Umayyad Square in Damascus and elsewhere Sharaa proclaims 'promising future' Country struggles to recover after years of war Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia a year ago DAMASCUS, Dec 8 ...