Inside Bashar Assad’s detention centers, where ‘death was the least bad thing’
The system of detention, torture and death run by Syria’s former ruler, Bashar Assad, is starting to come out into the open.
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Inside now-exiled President Bashar al-Assad’s abandoned mansion in Syria — and his new life in Russia
President Bashar al-Assad has left Syria behind, fleeing to Russia with his family and leaving his once-impenetrable Damascus mansion to be ransacked by militants and rebels. Members of Jaish al ...
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Syrian rebel leader who toppled Assad has roots in al Qaeda, but says he’s reformed — could all be a ‘smoke show?’
The military chief leading Syria’s rebel forces who ousted President Bashar al-Assad’s regime has roots in Islamic extremist groups — including past ties al Qaeda. Now, Abu Mohammed al ...
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Syrians search for loved ones who vanished under Assad regime
In the days since former President Bashar al-Assad's fall, Syrians have begun the anguished search for family members who vanished under the dictator's regime. Mohammed Saeed Zidane and his wife ...
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How Syria’s Bashar al-Assad fell so quickly — and what the U.S. should do next
The liberation of Syria from the clutches of President Bashar al-Assad, after his family ruled the country for 50 years, is an unqualified good. How did it happen so quickly and so unexpectedly?
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Reporter's Notebook: Chronicling the Assad regime from death of the father to defeat of the son
The funeral of Bashar al-Assad’s father, Hafez al-Assad. His "departure" was much more stately and calm than his son’s retreat this past week. For some 30 years, he had ruled Syria with an ...
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Syrians celebrate end of Assad rule, look toward the future: "This feels like a new birth"
This was President Bashar al-Assad's answer to mostly unarmed protests that began in 2011. Many who rose against Assad then, are still here. That's the Zidane family. Mohammed Saeed Zidane (in ...
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Here is who is vying for power in Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad
The fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, the culmination of years of civil war, has given way to a power vacuum with different factions protecting their own interests – and vying for power ...
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President Bashar Al-Assad Has Fled Syria and His Brutal Regime Is Finally Over
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In an unexpected development Saturday night, Syrian rebels who had been fighting ...
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With Assad ousted, a new era starts in Syria as the world watches
Syrians awakened on Monday to a hopeful if uncertain future after rebels seized the capital, Damascus, and President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia following 13 years of civil war and more than 50 ...
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After decades of brutal rule, Bashar al-Assad’s regime has been toppled. Here’s what you need to know
The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s brutal dictatorship seemed a distant prospect two weeks ago. But Syria’s rebels completed a speedy and stunning march to power on Sunday, starting an uncertain ...