Assad, Syria and security forces

Under Mr Assad Syria sank from middle-income status to abject poverty. Women saw branches off trees for heating. Children ...
Once hailed as a Western-friendly reformer, Bashar al-Assad transformed into one of the world’s most brutal autocrats. From ...
Syrians had remained silent about the bodies dumped in countless basements by Assad’s forces. Rescue teams now are moving ...
More than 133,000 Syrians living in Turkey have returned home in the three months since Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad was toppled, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday. "Since December 8 ...
Britain unfroze the assets of Syria's central bank and 23 other entities including banks and oil companies on Thursday, ...
The discussions between Moscow and Damascus have revolved primarily around the future of Russia’s military presence in Syria, ...
From a Bond villain lair in the rugged heights overlooking Damascus, the all-seeing eye of a notorious Syrian military unit ...