Assad-era conspiracy to hide thousands of dead turned Syria’s remote desert into a mass grave

For two years, Syria’s Assad government secretly trucked thousands of bodies from an exposed mass grave to the desert, trying ...

The Vanishing Act: How Assad’s Top Henchmen Fled Syria, and Justice

As Syria’s regime collapsed, the world’s eyes were on Bashar al-Assad’s getaway flight. Behind him, officials key to his ...
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How Assad's Syria moved the bodies of its victims

Former drivers say the operation was so massive that refrigerated ice cream, meat and produce trucks were confiscated to keep ...

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

Some are only now coming forward with accounts of loved ones who disappeared during the civil war and are presumed dead.

Syria holds first elections since Assad’s ouster, marking a cautious step in political transition

Syria has held its first parliamentary elections since Bashar Assad was ousted nearly a year ago. The People's Assembly will ...

Who is Saed Abd Al-Aal? The pro-Assad militia leader Catherine Connolly met in Syria

In the heat of the Syrian summer in 2018, presidential candidate Catherine Connolly, alongside TDs Clare Daly, Mick Wallace and Maureen O’Sullivan, stood amid the rebar and flattened concrete of Syria ...

Abandoned Mansions and Facebook Photos: Reporting on the Top Officials Who Fled Syria

New York Times reporters compiled a wide array of clues to uncover what happened to Bashar al-Assad’s key enforcers after the ...

Syria's foreign minister visits Lebanon as both nations seek to rebuild ties after Assad's ouster

Syria’s foreign minister has arrived in Lebanon’s capital in what observers say could mark a breakthrough in relations ...