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 ...
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 ...
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).
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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 ...
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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The day I met the first lady of hell: Bashar al-Assad's wife, Asma
Bashar al-Assad looked meek. He’d been studying ophthalmology ... I called Barbet Schroeder, who’d made the ultimate documentary about a dictator, General Idi Amin Dada.
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Revenge and Unease Shadow Effort to Restore Order
Yasin Akgul/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Aleppo, SyriaPeople celebrating the ouster of Bashar al-Assad ... torture under the Assad regime in an award-wining 2017 documentary.
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Israel Says Its Troops Will Stay in Seized Territory for Now
Under President Bashar al-Assad, the United States applied a similar ... his torture under the Assad regime in an award-wining 2017 documentary. His body was found in a hospital near Damascus ...
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‘Hero’ who exposed Assad horrors tortured to death by vindictive regime in its final hours
Hamada was one of the last casualties of the 13-year uprising against Bashar al-Assad, tortured to death by ... Credit: Fighting Assad: The Voices of Syria's Disappeared Documentary Having escaped for ...