Bashar al-Assad
Love poems axed from schools under Syria’s new ‘extremist’ curriculum
Other controversial moves include plans to remove references to gods from ancient history courses, as well as a period of history that saw France rule Syria.
- Liz Cookman
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Suit, tie and a new name: Syria’s rebel chief turns statesman
The former Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, leader of the offensive that overthrew the Assad regime, is trying to build a new state.
- Adam Rasgon
Russia denies reports Asma al-Assad is seeking a divorce and a return to London
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov also rejected media reports suggesting Bashar al-Assad had been confined to Moscow and had assets frozen.
- Felix Light and Edith Lederer
Mass graves expose Assad regime’s ‘machinery of death’
“We really haven’t seen anything quite like this since the Nazis,” says an international war crimes prosecutor who estimates 100,000 people were killed.
- Timour Azhari and Anthony Deutsch
CNN investigates claim man ‘rescued’ from Syrian jail was part of Assad’s forces
The man found under a blanket in a prison in Damascus had claimed he had been arrested three months ago and interrogated about his phone contacts.
- Benedict Smith
‘Never considered stepping down’: Bashar al-Assad says Russia forced him to flee Syria
In his first statement since the fall of Damascus, the exiled former president said he wanted to continue fighting.
- Daniel Hardaker
Syria shudders as Assad’s atrocities come into the light
At the country’s most notorious prison, Syrians confront their worst fears: that they will never know what happened to the loved ones who disappeared.
- Christina Goldbaum
Inside the largest known captagon lab financing the Assad regime
In the dark, cavernous warehouses at the abandoned site in Douma, fighters who ousted Assad found thousands of pills hidden in furniture, fruit and electronics.
- Timour Azhari
Can Syria’s conquering rebels rebuild a shattered state?
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Islamist group that led the overthrow of the Assad regime, will need to show it is willing to give political representation to Syria’s diverse sects and minorities.
- Loveday Morris and Abbie Cheeseman
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