Syria

UN calls for 'free and fair' elections in Syria

Assad fled Syria following a lightning offensive spearheaded by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), more than 13 years after his crackdown on democracy protests precipitated one of the deadliest wars of the century.

Ex-prisoners back in Syria's cells 'of despair'

Darwish was detained for months by one of the most feared branches of the former government's many-tentacled intelligence services.

Project Syndicate / Rebuilding Syria after Assad

Syrians will not miss Assad, a brutal ruler who failed his people.

Syria's new government thanks countries that reopened missions

The offensive, which took just 10 days to sweep across Syria and take the capital Damascus, stunned the world and brought an end to more than a half a century of brutal rule by the Assad clan.

Russia calls for rapid Syria stabilisation, criticises Israel

"We would like to see the situation in the country stabilised somehow as soon as possible," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

New Syria PM calls for Syrians abroad to return

"Their human capital, their experience will allow the country to flourish," Bashir said in an interview published Wednesday.

Russia transported Assad in 'most secured way'

The Kremlin said on Monday that President Vladimir Putin had made the decision to grant asylum in Russia to Assad

Mohamed al-Bashir appointed PM of Syrian interim govt

Mohamed al-Bashir has been appointed caretaker prime minister of the transitional Syrian government until March 1, 2025, he said in a televised statement on Tuesday

War monitor says Israel conducted 300 strikes on Syria since Assad's fall

Assad fled Syria as an Islamist-led rebel alliance swept into the capital Damascus, bringing to an end on Sunday to five decades of brutal rule by his clan.

December 19, 2024
December 19, 2024

UN calls for 'free and fair' elections in Syria

Assad fled Syria following a lightning offensive spearheaded by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), more than 13 years after his crackdown on democracy protests precipitated one of the deadliest wars of the century.

December 15, 2024
December 15, 2024

Ex-prisoners back in Syria's cells 'of despair'

Darwish was detained for months by one of the most feared branches of the former government's many-tentacled intelligence services.

December 14, 2024
December 14, 2024

Rebuilding Syria after Assad

Syrians will not miss Assad, a brutal ruler who failed his people.

December 12, 2024
December 12, 2024

Syria's new government thanks countries that reopened missions

The offensive, which took just 10 days to sweep across Syria and take the capital Damascus, stunned the world and brought an end to more than a half a century of brutal rule by the Assad clan.

December 11, 2024
December 11, 2024

Russia calls for rapid Syria stabilisation, criticises Israel

"We would like to see the situation in the country stabilised somehow as soon as possible," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

December 11, 2024
December 11, 2024

New Syria PM calls for Syrians abroad to return

"Their human capital, their experience will allow the country to flourish," Bashir said in an interview published Wednesday.

December 11, 2024
December 11, 2024

Russia transported Assad in 'most secured way'

The Kremlin said on Monday that President Vladimir Putin had made the decision to grant asylum in Russia to Assad

December 10, 2024
December 10, 2024

Mohamed al-Bashir appointed PM of Syrian interim govt

Mohamed al-Bashir has been appointed caretaker prime minister of the transitional Syrian government until March 1, 2025, he said in a televised statement on Tuesday

December 10, 2024
December 10, 2024

War monitor says Israel conducted 300 strikes on Syria since Assad's fall

Assad fled Syria as an Islamist-led rebel alliance swept into the capital Damascus, bringing to an end on Sunday to five decades of brutal rule by his clan.

December 10, 2024
December 10, 2024

Access to Syria 'crime scene' a 'game-changer': UN investigator

"There is a sea change," said Robert Petit, a Canadian prosecutor and legal scholar who heads the United Nations investigative body known as the International Impartial and Independent Mechanism (IIIM) on Syria.