Code Name Caesar: The Man Who Photographed Assad's Torture Victims
For more than two years, a junior officer in the Syrian military, his sister and a friend risked their lives to collect evidence of the atrocities being committed by the regime. Their work changed the ...
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How Assad's Remnants Plunged Syria Back Into Darkness
Assad’s downfall would be a chance to come together and heal the wounds of the victims’ families. It was not to be. The ...
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Entire families killed in Syria sectarian violence, UN says
The bloodshed in the coastal heartland of former ruler Bashar al-Assad saw more than 800 people ... members of the Alawite minority. The Assad family, which ruled Syria for more than half a ...
More than 1,000 killed as Syrian security forces clash with Assad loyalists in Alawite regions
More than 1,000 people were killed after two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted President ...
Who are Syria's Alawites? The sect facing violence after Assad's fall
Alawites, a Shia sect, ruled Syria for decades under the Assads. Now, after Bashar al-Assad's fall, they face violence as ...
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Syrian government loyalists accused of executing civilians as violence erupts
Syria has seen the worst outbreak of violence since the ousting of former President Bashar al ... family had said they also heard religious chants. Her family were civilians and not pro-Assad ...
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Syrians begin first Ramadan without Assad family rule in decades
overthrew President Bashar al-Assad's secular government in early December ending the 54-year Assad family dynasty. Since then, Syria's new Islamist government under former insurgent leader Ahmad ...