Syria’s “Caesar” discloses his identity, calls for punishing “criminal” Assad
The Syrian military defector who documented atrocities committed by the Bashar Assad regime by smuggling tens of thousands of ...
Hafez al-Assad's Syria: Forging a dynasty, at any price
Amid the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Iran-Iraq war, the Gulf War and talks with Israel, Hafez al-Assad's top priority was ...
New details of Assad's final 24 hours in Syria before his regime collapsed
Syria's former President Bashar Al-Assad fled to Moscow when rebel forces captured Damascus after a stunning sweep across the ...
Once off-limits to Syrians, Assad's former summer residence now attracts tourists
The summer home of ousted leader Bashar al-Assad was once off-limits to ordinary Syrians. Now people are lining up to visit ...
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Books banned under Assad now on sale at Damascus shops
Books recounting torture in Syrian prisons or texts on radical Islamic theology now sit openly in Damascus bookstores, no ...
The slow rise of Hafez al-Assad, from pan-Arabism to Syrian nationalism
Before joining the military and building an Alawite caste around himself, Hafez al-Assad was a fervent supporter of the ...
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Once off-limits to Syrians, Assad's former summer residence now attracts tourists
It is reported to have been built 50 years ago. Inside, the house is now completely empty of furniture. Very quickly after Assad and his family fled Syria when the autocratic ruler was toppled ...