Syrians celebrate in the streets after Assad government falls
And just outside Damascus, celebrating crowds tossed a noose around the towering statue of Assad's father, Hafez al-Assad, ...
Syrian rebel leader, after Assad's ouster, puts his own stamp on the state
Sharaa's Islamist group is stamping its authority on Syria's state with the same lightning speed that it seized the country, ...
Assad exhibited little of the tackiness of Iraq’s Saddam. But his rule was just as brutal
Slender shoulders, a limp handshake and soft-spoken lisp. Those were the most vivid memories from my meeting with Bashar al ...
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Syria: Post-Assad Transition Should Center Human Rights
Assad’s government by armed opposition groups has created a momentous opportunity for Syria to break with decades of ...
Syrians flock to morgues looking for loved ones who perished in Assad’s prisons
Many bodies have been found in Syrian detention centers and prisons since President Bashar al-Assad's government fell.
After toppling Assad, can Syria’s rebels rebuild a shattered state?
Sham, the leading rebel force, must work to allay public fears that it will seek to replace Assadism with its own form of absolute rule.
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Assad Government Collapses as Sunni Islamists Seize Damascus
After 24 years in power, 13 with his country in a state of civil war, the government of Syria’s Bashar al Assad has collapsed ...
Syria After al-Assad: What’s Happening and What Comes Next
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, whose name means Organization for the Liberation of the Levant, was the main rebel group leading the ...
Revenge and Unease Shadow Effort to Restore Order
The rebel leader who helped oust the Assad regime called on countries to hand over “criminals” who fled Syria. A top Kurdish commander criticized the United States, saying it was risking an ISIS ...
After Assad flees to Moscow, a look at how other dictators lived in exile
Uganda’s Idi Amin shocked the world with atrocities, then fled with his wives to a quiet middle-class life. The Philippines’ ...
Syria and the ousting of Assad: is it good or bad for the United States?
The focus for the U.S.. after Assad's ouster, is on the historic moment for Syria. Left unsaid: the turmoil is potentially ...
‘You’ll lose’, Russian agents told Assad as they organised his escape
Russia organised for Bashir al-Assad to flee to Moscow via its air base on the Syrian coast as rebels broke into Damascus on ...