Inside the house of Assad
Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez, ruled Syria for more than half a century but how did one family achieve and maintain ...
The fall of Assad is an ‘emperor has no clothes’ moment for Putin
It took Assad’s regime to fall and Putin to accept it meekly for the West to appreciate that things weren’t all that rosy in ...
Deception and Betrayal: Inside the Final Days of the Assad Regime
Assad, who wielded fear and force over Syria for more than two decades, fled the country under the cover of night — and a ...
How Syria’s rebels overcame years of a bloody stalemate to topple Assad
The Syrian regime’s collapse came more quickly than the rebels had dreamed — the circumstances were both serendipitous and ...
Mass Graves Discovered as Syrian Families Seek Answers to Loved Ones’ Disappearances Under Assad Regime
We were not prepared for what we were going to see,” says Human Rights Watch researcher Hiba Zayadin, who recently visited one mass execution site turned mass grave in Syria, following the sudden fall ...
Defeat of Syria's Assad stirs a mother's bitterness
In the villages above the Syrian port city of Tartus they once hailed the sons who died fighting in Bashar al-Assad's service ...
Putin says he’s ‘ready’ for potential talks with Trump during year-end news conference
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he had not spoken to US President-elect Donald Trump in over four years, but ...
Proof that Syrian 'prisoner' discovered and freed by CNN crew was one of Assad's ruthless henchmen as ex-intelligence officer is now missing
A shocking image of the Syrian 'prisoner' who was discovered locked up Damascus prison by journalists proves that he was ...
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Syria's ousted dictator relied on a brutal army, and powerful allies. What changed?
Syria's new leader is saying that he will dissolve the many rebel factions there and absorb them into the new ministry of defense. That new leader is Ahmed al-Sharaa. And if he can achieve unity, ...
American released from Syrian prison is flown out of the country, a US official says
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military has transported out of Syria an American who had disappeared seven months ago into former ...
Who was in ousted Syrian President Assad's inner circle and where are they now?
BEIRUT (AP) — After insurgents toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad this month, many senior officials and members of his ...
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Poor morale, reliance on foreign allies: The collapse of Assad’s army in Syria explained
A uniform of a member of the Syrian army hangs ... A member of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) walks near a military aircraft inside Qamishli airport, after Syrian rebels ousted Assad, ...