Syria
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.
- by Felix Light and Edith Lederer
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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.
- by Timour Azhari and Anthony Deutsch
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.
- by 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.
- by 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.
- by Loveday Morris and Abbie Cheeseman
‘You’re a coward’: Australia-based Syrian Girl lashes out after fall of Assad
Susli, a vocal supporter of the Assad regime for more than a decade, blames Assad’s demise on a “treason revolution”.
- by Chris Zappone
Mausoleum of Assad’s father torched as new leader vows to punish those responsible for torture
The world is carefully watching to see if Syria’s new rulers can stabilise the country and avoid unleashing violent revenge.
- by Maya Gebeily and Timour Azhari
World of photos, December 13, 2024
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
Who is Assad dining with in Russia? It’s not Putin
Bashar al-Assad may still be quaffing champagne and slurping caviar in his new life of luxury in exile in Russia.
- by James Kilner
What now for Asma al-Assad – the former British public schoolgirl turned pariah
The wife of Bashar al-Assad morphed from being Syria’s equivalent of Princess Diana into its Marie Antoinette.
- by Martin Fletcher and Ella Nunn
Israel attacks Syrian air bases, destroying dozens of aircraft, say Syrian sources
The United Nations says Israeli forces are occupying a demilitarised buffer zone between Israel and Syria in violation of a 1974 ceasefire agreement.
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