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.
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 landed Tuesday at the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Long silenced by fear, Syrians now speak of the torture in Assad’s machinery of death
As tens of thousands disappeared over more than a decade, a blanket of fear kept the Syrian population silent.
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 ...
Calls for justice and accountability in Syria grow after Assad's fall
The new authorities have promised justice for crimes under the Assads, but there are huge challenges involved.
A dictator’s fall brings jubilation — that quickly turns sour
When I landed in Kenya in 1991, after the fall of the Soviet Union, Africa initially seemed to be set for a democratic ...
First commercial flight since the fall of Assad lands in Syria's capital
The first international commercial flight since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad has landed Tuesday at the Damascus airport arriving from Qatar ...
Inside Assad's forces' vast tunnels revealed under Syria's Mount Qasioun
Underneath Mount Qasioun, the highest point overlooking Damascus, is a network of tunnels over 12 square kilometres allegedly ...
Assad’s fall is an opportunity for a US win over China
Trump may believe that Syria is “not our fight,” but the competition with China is very much ours and will undoubtedly be a ...