Assads

Syria trial seen as first step on long road for Assad’s victims

The highly charged scenes in a Damascus court on Sunday, as the first official of the former Assad regime went…

3 months ago

One year after Assad’s fall, Syria’s future must be ‘free, sovereign and united’

In a statement on Sunday, António Guterres paid tribute to the “resilience and courage of the Syrian people, who never…

8 months ago

Syria: Effort to buttress human rights since Assad’s fall, ‘only the beginning of what needs to be done’

OHCHR is calling for more action to end the violence and achieve justice.“While the interim authorities have taken encouraging steps towards addressing past violations, these steps are only the…

8 months ago

Months after Assad’s fall, families of missing still seeking justice

Orla GuerinSenior International Correspondent, in SyriaBBC/Goktay KoraltanHuman remains have been unearthed at this site in Eastern Ghouta, outside DamascusA burly…

10 months ago

Syria’s Sharaa meets Putin in Moscow for first time since Assad’s fall

Syria's interim President, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has held his first talks with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow since ousting Russia's ally…

10 months ago

Syria’s Kurds battle Turkey months after Assad’s fall

BBCIn January, Kobane's Kurds celebrated 10 years since they broke IS's siege of the city, but their future is unclearTo…

1 year ago

Syria: Assad’s armed forces must face accountability, says rights probe

The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria’s latest report follows the lightning operation led by mainly Hayat-Tahrir al-Sham fighters that…

1 year ago

Syria: Calls for justice and accountability after Assad’s fall

On the edge of Douma, one of the Damascus suburbs most devastated by the war, in a shrouded living room…

2 years ago

‘I was raped by Assad’s thugs – but I’m no longer afraid to show my face’

"Nothing lasts forever. Darkness is followed by dawn," she says."I knew that I would never come back to a Syria…

2 years ago

After Assad’s cruelty, Syrians seek dead loved ones – and closure

The extended Assad family treated Syria as their own personal possession, enriching themselves and buying trust with their followers at…

2 years ago