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‘We were raided regularly’: with Assad gone, banned books return to Syria’s shelves

Under the deposed dictator, books had to pass detailed scrutiny by government censors

To print a book in the days of the Bashar al-Assad regime, one first had to think of the censors. Was the book pol…

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Rape hell in Assad's prisons: Former inmate describes how he saw boy cry for his mother as he was sexually assaulted by Syrian torturers.. and was himself gang-raped by three 'laughing' guards

A former inmate in one of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad's prisons has revealed how he saw a boy cry for his mother while he was sexually abused by his torturers.

Syria’s disappeared: one woman’s search for her missing father

Uncertainty over the disappeared is forcing many to confront the brutal reality of Assad’s military prisons

The last time Alaa Qasar saw her father, in 2013, he studied her face as if he was trying to…

Syria has been liberated from Russia and Iran – but outsiders still threaten its new freedom | Robin Yassin-Kassab

After the fall of the Assad regime, the country now faces challenges from Turkey, Israel and the enmity of the west

  • Robin Yassin-Kassab is co-author of Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War a…

‘Resistance was not a choice’: how Syria’s unlikely rebel alliance took Aleppo

An Islamist commander retraces his brigade’s march to seize the Syrian city

Abu Obeida, the commander of the Northern Storm Brigade, left his mud-camouflaged Toyota running as he got out to inspect…

US lifts $10m bounty on HTS leader after talks in Syrian capital

In face-to-face meeting, Ahmed al-Sharaa gave assurances IS would not be allowed to operate in Syria, US official says

The US has lifted a $10m bounty on Ahmed al-Sharaa, the leader of Hayat Tahrir al…

Syria has always been an Israeli obsession. Now it has unexpectedly given Netanyahu his coveted image of victory | Aluf Benn

Faced with the devastation in Gaza, Israelis tend to look away. The victories after the fall of Assad are a far easier focus

  • Aluf Benn is the editor-in-chief of Haaretz

Wars are remembered by their ic…

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