Falcon drones, rockets and night-vision snipers: How Syria’s rebels planned for years to oust Assad
Bel Trew speaks to commanders of the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the group that led the charge to topple Bashar ...
New Syrian regime’s school curriculum changes spark backlash
Critics fear increased focus on Islam and removal of content related to Bashar al-Assad regime will erode country’s diverse historical and cultural identity ...
Syria's Damascus airport to start operating international flights from Jan 7
Syria's Damascus airport will start operating international flights from Jan. 7, Syrian Civil Aviation Authority chief Ashad Al Saliby told Syrian state news agency Sana on Saturday (January 4).
Death of Syrian who had become a symbol of resilience prompts outpouring of grief
There was an outpouring of grief for Mr. Hamada in Syria and around the world. He’d become a symbol of resilience and courage ...
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Assad's Ouster Raises Concerns for Syrians Residing in Egypt
The recent ousting of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has left approximately 1.5 million Syrians in Egypt facing an uncertain future. Many of these refugees, who fled the Syrian civil war, are now ...
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Bashar al-Assad’s Fall Won’t Resolve Europe’s Migration Crisis
WSJ Opinion Documentary: Was Liz Truss done in by ... was an enormous sigh of relief let loose by European leaders as Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia. The strongman’s fall from power is generally ...
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Assad Has Fallen. Who Is Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the Syrian Militant Who Led The Rebel Offensive That Toppled Him?
On Dec. 8, Syrian rebels stunned the world by seizing Damascus and toppling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ... his fight with Assad and his ambitions for Syria. As the documentary reported ...
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“Remarkable Moment”: After Fleeing Syria, “For Sama” Director Waad Al-Kateab Celebrates End of Assad
When protests against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad first began in 2011, she was a young economics student who began filming on a cellphone. This is a clip from For Sama .
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Have Syrians fought just to replace Assad with an extremist?
Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. In Beirut, Hani Alagbar was beaming with joy and packing his bags on Sunday morning, soon after Bashar al-Assad’s government ...
What now for the £4.5bn drug empire that bankrolled Assad's regime
I spent a year investigating Captagon for a BBC World Service documentary and saw how the drug became ... a huge milestone in ...
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‘Hero’ who exposed Assad horrors tortured to death by vindictive regime in its final hours
Credit: Fighting Assad: The Voices of Syria's Disappeared Documentary Having escaped for ... not just under the regime of Bashar al Assad, but under that of his equally dictatorial father Hafez ...
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Fall of Assad reveals the death of Mazen al-Hamada, symbol of the regime’s atrocities
The body of Mazen al-Hamada, a former prisoner of Bashar al-Assad ... my ribs,” he said in Afshar's documentary “Syria’s Disappeared: The Case Against Assad”. “He (the interrogator ...