Languishing in a dungeon cell of Syria's then-ruler Bashar al-Assad, an unknown prisoner scrawled a verse of Arabic poetry on his cell wall — an expression of pain and love amid his torment.

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By Vivian Yee Reporting from Cairo There seem to be no limits to the dark revelations laid bare by the downfall of Syria’s 54-year Assad regime. Prisons have emptied, exposing the instruments of ...

The Biden administration is offering limited sanctions relief to Syria to boost the flow of humanitarian aid after the downfall of President Bashar al-Assad. The Treasury Department said in a ...

Now, however, the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria has presented the U.S. with a similar opportunity. For years, Beijing has consistently sided with Bashar al-Assad in his brutal repression ...

The tunnels, seen by an AFP correspondent, are among secrets of president Bashar al-Assad’s rule exposed since rebels toppled him on December 8. “We entered this enormous barracks of the ...

To some wary of the rebel leaders who toppled the Assad regime last month, the changes were seen as a hint of their intent to install an Islamist agenda in the country’s schools — and beyond.

But soon after the Syrian civil war erupted in 2011, the military under President Bashar al-Assad closed the mountain to civilians. Suddenly, instead of families and friends shooting fireworks ...

New Years Day 2025 was the first new year's celebration without an Assad in power for more than 50 years after the fall of Bashar al-Assad in December. "Long live Syria, Assad has fallen," shouted ...

On Jan. 1, 2025, several media outlets including Newsweek and The Sun reported on a supposed poison attack on the exiled former president of Syria, Bashar al-Assad, who resides in Russia, as of this ...

On the slopes of Mount Qasyun which overlooks Damascus, a network of tunnels links a military complex, tasked with defending the Syrian capital, to the presidential palace facing it. The tunnels ...