Syria under Assad: Torment and torture

Now that former President Bashar al-Assad has fled, Syria is looking toward its future. But before the country can plan for what's to come, its people want the world to be reminded of what has taken place.

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Syrians search for loved ones who vanished under Assad regime

Syrians vanished during Bashar al-Assad's rule. Since his fall, Syrians have begun the search for missing loved ones.
CBS News - 1h
'I felt like a breathing corpse': Stories from people freed from Syria torture prison

The BBC speaks to men released from Saydnaya prison - a place known as the "human slaughterhouse".
BBC News - 1d
Syria’s Kurds fear US betrayal under Trump

President-elect has criticised Washington’s support for the Kurdish groups now fighting Turkish-backed rebels
Financial Times - 2d
Syrian Rebels Vow Punishment for Atrocities Under Bashar al-Assad

The rebels who seized Damascus are trying to get a new government up and running, even as foreign powers like Israel and Turkey, and armed Syrian groups, fight for power.
The New York Times - 5d
The swift fall of Syria's Assad brings moments inconceivable under his iron rule

It took barely 10 days for Syria’s insurgents to march from their stronghold in the northwest into Damascus and bring an end to the Assad family rule that had gripped the country for half a ...
ABC News - 5d
Syria's celebrations muted by evidence of torture in Assad's notorious prisons

In Syria’s capital Damascus the hope of a country freed from its longtime dictator Bashar al Assad was starting to fade at the city's Saydnaya military prison.
NBC News - 5d
Syria's Assad Finds Himself Alone as Enemies Close In

Facing the collapse of his rule, President Bashar al-Assad sought help from his backers in Russia and Iran. He came away empty-handed.
The Wall Street Journal - Dec. 7
Israeli military says UN peacekeepers in Syria came under attack

Yahoo News - Dec. 7
Who are the rebels threatening Assad's grip on Syria?

The long-running civil war has unexpectedly sprung back into the spotlight
BBC News - Dec. 3

Syria under Assad: Torment and torture

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Syrians search for loved ones who vanished under Assad regime

'I felt like a breathing corpse': Stories from people freed from Syria torture prison

Syria’s Kurds fear US betrayal under Trump

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