Syrian equestrian champion tells of prison ordeal lasting two decades after beating Bashar al Assad's brother
Adnan Kassar was a celebrated figure in the country's sports scene but tells Sky News how outshining Bassel al Assad was ...
To evade Assad’s secret police, Syrians developed a code language
Fear of the regime was so pervasive that Syrians felt they could never speak freely, even in their own homes.
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Desperate Assad deceived those around him in last hours before stealthy flight from Syria
Ousted Syrian president kept officials and relatives, including his own brother, in dark about his exit plan; hunted for ...
Assad assured troops that Russian help was coming — then he fled to Moscow: ‘Didn’t even make a last stand’
Ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad assured his forces that the Russian army was coming to their aid against the rebels ...
Files from Aleppo intelligence facility show extent of Assad repression
Branch 322 was one of hundreds of facilities that detained and interrogated civilians and military officers, and recruited ...
How Assad spent final hours in Syria before escape? Report says family and aides kept in dark, food left on stove
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad fled to Moscow on December 8, 2024, ending his authoritarian rule. Isolated from allies and ...
Harrowing vid shows morgue filled with brutalised bodies of Assad’s FINAL torture victims as Syrians hunt for loved ones
HORRIFYING footage shows a morgue filled with the brutalised bodies of Bashar al-Assad’s final torture victims. A shocking 35 ...
Fall of the house of Assad: a dynasty built on the banality of evil
Decades of brutal dictatorship in Syria came to a remarkably swift end when Bashar al-Assad fled to Moscow and opposition ...