Assad’s fall in Syria opens a window to find and free Austin Tice
The fall of the Assad regime in Syria has led to the freeing of tens of thousands of prisoners from the country’s brutal and ...
Fears for ‘BRIT victim’ of Assad’s torturers after IDs including Tesco Clubcard found in ‘human slaughterhouse’
BRITS are feared to have been tortured in Assad’s sick prisons after a Tesco Clubcard and an Oyster travel card were found.
Deception and betrayal: Inside the final days of the Assad regime
Syrians who remained loyal to him through years of civil war fume that he left without a word. Read more at straitstimes.com.
How Assad's Inner Circle Fled Syria After His Fall
President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia on December 8, leaving behind many of his collaborators, some of whom sought refuge in neighbouring countries. According to two sources, the ousted president, ...
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 part of a larger global realignment.
It's time to bring Austin Tice home
Transitions between administrations often become quiet periods of several months for hostage cases. But after 12 years in ...
Russia’s Abrupt Setback in Syria Creates Headaches for Putin
Losing Syrian military bases would hurt the Kremlin’s attempts to project power in the Middle East and Africa.
US scraps $10m bounty for arrest of Syria's new leader Sharaa
The first appearance of a formal US delegation in more than a decade is a sign of dramatic shifts since Assad's fall.
Syrians cautious about Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham monopolizing power, call for civil state
Ahmad Sharaa, the head of the Islamist rebel group Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham, will have real success by not making the same ousted ...
Foreign Affairs1d
The Path to a Better Syria
After public protests and then rebellion erupted in Syria in 2011, Assad’s regime clung to power through systemic torture and ...
Turkey and Russia engage in delicate maneuvers over Syria after Assad’s downfall
The rapid downfall of Syrian leader Bashar Assad has touched off a new round of delicate geopolitical maneuvering between ...
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US troops doubled in Syria before Assad’s overthrow, Pentagon says
The U.S. more than doubled its number of troops in Syria — from 900 to around 2,000 — before the fall of President Bashar ...