Families search for loved ones who disappeared in Syria during Assad's reign

A Teenage Cycling Tragedy and a Family’s Search for Answers

When Muriel Furrer crashed during a championship race, nobody found her for 90 minutes.

The New York Times - 2h

In Search of Loved Ones, Syrian Women Face Horror of Assad’s Regime

In Syria, women begin to pick up the pieces of a broken nation.

The New York Times - 1d

For Years, U.S. Collected Tips About Austin Tice’s Disappearance in Syria

Nongovernmental workers and journalists have scoured prisons for clues about his fate in the absence of an official American presence in the country.

The New York Times - 4d

Justice for the victims of Assad’s atrocities in Syria

An immediate priority is to secure evidence of crimes by the previous regime

Financial Times - 4d

Syrians searching for loved ones after fall of Assad regime

Over a week after the collapse of Bashar al-Assad's regime, Syrians are continuing to search for relatives who vanished under the dictatorship. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab has more.

CBS News - 4d

Searching for Syria’s Disappeared

Taher al-Zain’s father disappeared 12 years ago at the height of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Now, like thousands of other Syrians, he is trying to find clues about what happened, and whether or not ...

The New York Times - 5d

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 ...

CBS News - 6d

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 - 6d

Skulls and body bags: Searching for Syria's disappeared

The BBC's Lucy Williamson finds family members exhuming human remains in a desperate search for their lost relatives.

BBC News - Dec. 14

What lies ahead for Assad and his family?

After 50 years of brutal rule over Syria, Bashar al-Assad and his family have fled to Russia.

BBC News - Dec. 13

New information discovered in search for American missing in Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria — Cockroaches crawled out of the walls near a dirty, stained sink in the Syrian prison cell where an ex-prisoner told NBC News that American journalist Austin Tice was once held.

NBC News - Dec. 13

Hannah Kobayashi family offers refunds to those who donated to her search efforts

The sister of Hannah Kobayashi, the Hawaii woman who was at the center of a Southern California missing persons investigation, posted an update to the family's GoFundMe page on Thursday offering ...

NBC News - Dec. 13

With al-Assad Gone, Syrians Search Prisons for Traces of Their Loved Ones

Guided by cellphone flashlights, relatives searched a notorious lockup in Damascus for traces of loved ones who were snatched during the regime of Bashar al-Assad.

The New York Times - Dec. 13

Jeremy Bowen: Syrians search for dead loved ones - and closure

BBC international editor Jeremy Bowen finds Syrians desperate for answers about the missing and a reckoning for their killers.

BBC News - Dec. 12

Missing American Travis Timmerman's recovery in Syria a 'Christmas miracle,' loved ones say

Family and friends of the Missouri man who was imprisoned in Syria after he said he crossed into the country on a "pilgrimage" to Damascus hailed his unexpected recovery as a "Christmas miracle" on ...

NBC News - Dec. 12

Syria's new leadership blames Assad for pain of Austin Tice's disappearance

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria's new leadership says it holds ousted President Bashar al-Assad responsible for the "pain inflicted" for years on the family of Austin Tice as the search goes on for the ...

NBC News - Dec. 12

Hannah Kobayashi found safe after disappearance prompted massive search

It was not immediately clear where Kobayashi, who had vanished last month in Los Angeles, was found. Hannah Kobayashi has been found safe, the Los Angeles police department (LAPD) said on ...

The Guardian - Dec. 11

Syrians flock to morgues looking for loved ones who perished in Assad's prisons

Many bodies have been found in Syrian detention centers and prisons since President Bashar al-Assad's government fell

ABC News - Dec. 11

Syrians continue to search for loved ones long imprisoned by the Assad regime

Syrians are searching for answers about their loved ones after the collapse of the Assad regime. Islamic fighters broke into Saydnaya and liberated all the prisoners, leaving the jail cells empty. ...

CBS News - Dec. 11

'I hid Sara Sharif's family during international police hunt'

During multiple raids on Rasikh Munir's property, officers failed to find the family. But he was the one who hid them.

BBC News - Dec. 11

Syria in maps: Who controls the country now Assad has gone?

A visual guide to the latest developments after Syrian rebels toppled President Bashar al-Assad 13 years after the start of the country's civil war.

BBC News - Dec. 11

A Search for Syria’s Disappeared, and New Details in C.E.O. Killing Investigation

Plus, another World Cup raises human rights fears.

The New York Times - Dec. 11

A Search in Syria for the Disappeared

Syrians raced to newly emptied prisons to reunite with loved ones snatched away by the brutal regime of Bashar al-Assad, but their quest sometimes took them to the morgue.

The New York Times - Dec. 11

Syrians search for loved ones at notorious prison after Assad regime's downfall

Two days after rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad's government, the Biden administration said it would recognize the new Syrian government under certain conditions. Meanwhile, Syrians searched for ...

CBS News - Dec. 10

Thousands scour Syria's most horrific prison but find no sign of their loved ones

Tens of thousands came to Saydnaya Prison from all over Syria after the fall of former President Bashar Assad to search for their loved ones

ABC News - Dec. 10

'I'm scanning every face' - one woman's search for the family she has lost

A woman whose grandfather, father and brothers were detained by the military tells the BBC it is "devastating" that they are still missing.

BBC News - Dec. 10

Syrians search the notorious Saydnaya prison seeking loved ones and answers

The first place hundreds rushed to when news broke that the Assad regime had fallen was the military prison in Saydnaya, a place so notorious for its horrors it was long known as “the slaughterhouse.”

NBC News - Dec. 10

Parents of American who disappeared in Syria 12 years ago speak out

In an interview with NBC News' Lester Holt, Marc and Debra Tice say they feel there's a better opportunity to get their son Austin home after the fall of the Assad regime in Syria. Austin Tice, a ...

NBC News - Dec. 10

What to know about Syrian HTS rebels who seized Syria, ousted Assad regime

The insurgent group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, that took over Syria and ousted President Bashar al-Assad, has yet to show how it plans to govern the country torn by more than a decade of civil ...

CBS News - Dec. 9

Who is Abu Mohammed al-Golani, leader of the insurgency that toppled Syria's Assad?

Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the militant leader who led the stunning insurgency that toppled Syria’s President Bashar Assad, has spent years working to remake his public image and that of his fighters

ABC News - Dec. 9

The Assad Family’s Legacy Is One of Savage Oppression

A dynasty bombed and detained thousands of opponents, building fearsome internal security agencies to quash unrest.

The New York Times - Dec. 8

Biden and Family of Austin Tice, Who Is Missing in Syria, Say They Believe He Is Alive

President Biden said on Sunday that U.S. officials believe they can bring Mr. Tice home, but that they do not know where he is.

The New York Times - Dec. 8

Tears of joy and sadness as ‘disappeared’ Syrians emerge from Assad’s prisons

Men, women and children, many jailed for speaking out against regime, reunite with their families. Syria live – latest updates As Syrian rebels led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham ...

The Guardian - Dec. 8

How the Assad family built an empire of fear in Syria

Hafez and his son Bashar killed countless people over five decades and oversaw the country’s descent into kleptocracy

Financial Times - Dec. 8

Who are the rebels in Syria?

The Islamist militant group HTS has a long and involved history in the Syrian conflict.

BBC News - Dec. 8

'No-one slept in Syria last night' - how news of Assad's toppling spread

Residents in the Syrian capital tell of an anxious night waiting for news of the fall of Bashar Al-Assad.

BBC News - Dec. 8

‘He has come out an old man’: joy and grief as loved ones released from Assad prisons

Family members describe renewed hopes after decades-long searches for political detainees in ‘Kingdom of Silence’. Moammar Ali has been searching for his older brother for 39 years.. In 1986, ...

The Guardian - Dec. 7

Search on for gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO

Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was fatally shot outside a New York City hotel Wednesday in what authorities are calling a "targeted attack." CBS News has learned the gunman, who ...

CBS News - Dec. 4

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

Families search for loved ones who disappeared in Syria during Assad's reign

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