Arutz Sheva13d
Assad's cousin who led deadly 2011 crackdown arrested
Syria’s new leadership announced on Friday the arrest of Atif Najib, a cousin of ousted leader Bashar Al-Assad, who is accused of leading a deadly crackdown in Daraa, the birthplace of 2011 ...
The Straits Times14d
Qatar’s Emir becomes first head of state to visit Syria’s Damascus since Assad’s fall
DAMASCUS -Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, visited Damascus on Jan 30, the first visit by a head of state to the Syrian capital since the Dec 8 fall of President Bashar al-Assad to ...
CNN14d
Assad cousin notorious for role in suppressing protests in Syria arrested
A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 uprising has been detained inside Syria, according to state news agency SANA.
Christian Science Monitor14d
After Assad’s fall, Syrians search for lost loved ones – and a path forward
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...
Al-Monitor14d
40 years on, Hama survivors recall horror of Assad-era massacre
Only my family knew," said Hadid, now a father of five. In light of the December 8 ouster of Bashar al-Assad, "we can talk at last", he said. On February 2, 1982, amid an information blackout, Assad's ...
Global Voices Online15d
The fall of symbols: Toppling Hafez al-Assad’s largest statue in Syria
At the heart of Hafez al-Assad’s rise to power was Mohamed Deeb Daboul (known as Abu Saleem), a close confidant and office secretary of the late Syrian president since the late 1960s. Daboul was born ...