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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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.
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 ...
U.S. temporarily eases some restrictions on Syria following fall of Assad regime
The United States on Monday temporarily eased sanction restrictions targeting Syria to facilitate transactions with the ...
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 ...
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Security and Sanctions in Post-Assad Syria
The dramatic collapse of the Assad government should clear the way for desperately needed reforms to the U.S. sanctions ...
In Damascus, Syrians Reclaim Freedoms Off Limits Under al-Assad
Residents of Syria’s capital are picnicking on a once-forbidden mountaintop and trading openly in dollars and imported ...