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since 2025 › Jan › 20 (Mon) @ 15:26 UTC

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12 hours ago

Syrian general says missing US journalist Austin Tice was killed

found 2025 › Jun › 16 (Mon) @ 17:30 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Bassam Hassan, a top general under Assad, reportedly gave news regarding American who went missing in 2012

A high-ranking Syrian general under former president Bashar al-Assad who is now in Lebanon ha…

20 hours ago

German court sentences Syrian doctor to life in jail for crimes against humanity

found 2025 › Jun › 16 (Mon) @ 10:05 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Alaa Mousa tortured detainees at military hospitals during Syrian civil war, under former ruler Bashar al-Assad

A German court has sentenced a Syrian doctor to life in prison for crimes against humani…

4 days ago

Syria's new Islamist government orders women to wear burkinis at the beach - but bikinis are allowed at 'four star or above' hotels and private beaches

found 2025 › Jun › 12 (Thu) @ 09:05 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

The tourism ministry's decision marks the first time the Damascus authorities have issued guidelines related to what women can wear since Bashar al-Assad was toppled in December.

6 days ago

Syria's post-war economy will require 'substantial' international support, IMF says

found 2025 › Jun › 10 (Tue) @ 18:50 UTC

a story from Euronews ⚠️ › Euronews

Since long-time authoritarian leader Bashar al-Assad was ousted in December countries have started restoring ties with Damascus, with some lifting sanctions in a bid to kickstart the economy.

Syrians describe 'execution parties' and brutal 'Ghost Method' used by torturers in shocking new documentary exposing horrors of Assad's notorious 'slaughterhouse' prisons

found 2025 › Jun › 10 (Tue) @ 12:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

A tortured Syrian has revealed how he was tortured using the brutal 'Ghost Method' in a shocking new BBC documentary that exposes the horrors of dictator Bashar al-Assad's prison.

18 days ago

US ambassador's residence in Syria reopens as Washington looks to mend ties with Damascus

found 2025 › May › 29 (Thu) @ 22:50 UTC

a story from Euronews ⚠️ › Euronews

Washington has yet to formally reopen its embassy in Syria, which closed in 2012 after protests the government of strongman President Bashar al-Assad was met with brutal crackdown, kickstarting the c…

19 days ago

The Guardian view on a new Syria: nurturing fragile hope amid the rubble | Editorial

found 2025 › May › 28 (Wed) @ 18:10 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Sanctions relief thanks to Donald Trump’s unexpected embrace of the new president gives a shattered country the chance to rebuild

The startled joy that greeted Bashar al-Assad’s fall less than six mon…

23 days ago

Trump envoy praises new Syrian president for ‘counter-ISIS measures’

found 2025 › May › 25 (Sun) @ 00:30 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Thomas Barrack also stresses temporary lifting of sanctions for first time since 1979 after meeting with Ahmed al-Sharaa

Donald Trump’s old friend Thomas Barrack, now serving as the US ambassador to T…

27 days ago

EU agrees to lift economic sanctions on Syria: Report

found 2025 › May › 20 (Tue) @ 11:25 UTC

a story from Al Jazeera 🚨 › Al Jazeera English

Sanctions were levied during the rule of Bashar al-Assad who was toppled in December.

32 days ago

‘Now my kids have a future’: Syrians dare to dream again after years as a pariah state

found 2025 › May › 16 (Fri) @ 05:40 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Promise to lift US sanctions brings closer the opportunity for fresh start that began with toppling of Bashar al-Assad

In 2006, Ahmed al-Sharaa was sitting in a US prison in Iraq, then an al-Qaida fig…

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