Weeping, Fairuz Shalish grasps the red earth at an unmarked grave in Syria that she believes may hold her son, one of tens of thousands of people who vanished under ousted president Bashar al-Assad.Thousands poured out of the country's web of prisons in the final days of Assad's rule and after Islamist-led rebels toppled him on December 8.
In Syria's Homs Province, gunmen killed at least 13 people in Shia-populated villages during a raid by HTS forces and local militants. SOHR reported extrajudicial executions, arrests, and several assaults on locals.
Syria’s former governing party, the Baath, is no more. The party had ruled the country for decades until it was overthrown, along with former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, on December 8 after opposition factions marched into Damascus. Wednesday’s announcement that the party would be dissolved merely formalised that process.
Ahmed al Sharaa was declared the new president of Syria in the transitional government that came into power after the collapse of the Assad regime on December 8. This declaration led to congratulations from several Arab states in the region,
I wish to bring attention the dangers inherent in the pervasive gullibility and ignorance that exists in relation to the war in Syria.
Chaos in Syria deepens as a newly formed Iraqi militia vows to defend the Alawites from alleged Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS)-led atrocities and Alawite militias escalate attacks on HTS-affiliated groups in Western Syria,
In an update, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said more than 25,000 people have been newly uprooted from the northeastern city of Manbij where shelling and airstrikes have been reported. OCHA noted that hostilities have been intensifying over the past week,
Hastily abandoned documents show how the fallen government’s vast intelligence apparatus struggled to comprehend and stop the rapid rebel advance.
At least 13 people have been killed in Shia-populated villages in Syria’s Homs Province, amid raids by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) administration forces and local gunmen.
As insurgents raced across Syria in a surprise offensive launched in the country’s northwest late last year, officials from several
While ostensibly aimed at restoring order, these operations have fueled further sectarian tensions, with reports of extrajudicial killings and sweeping crackdowns against local populations.