For Fallen Syrian Dictator Assad and Family, an Exile of Luxury and Impunity

Ms. al-Assad’s cousin and Maher’s daughter, Sham al-Assad, also appeared to celebrate her 22nd birthday with an extravaganza, ...

Syrians emptied Assad’s prisons. They’re filling up again, and abuse is rife

A year ago, Syria’s new leader pledged to 'close the notorious prisons' run by Bashar al-Assad. But prisons and detention ...

Assad’s life after power: Inside the Syrian strongman’s luxurious exile in Russia

From Moscow penthouses to Dubai yacht parties, a New York Times investigation traces how Bashar al-Assad and his inner circle ...

Assad’s Enforcers Brutalized Syria. Now They’re Living Large, Lying Low and Evading Justice.

A Times investigation into the whereabouts of top Syrian officials who fled after the regime’s fall shows many remain free — ...

A year post-Assad, Syrian jails are again filling up, with widespread accounts of abuse

Though the Sharaa regime vowed to shutter Assad's notorious jails, tallies show they are locking hundreds of people up ...

Syria through a photographer's lens: 'We began working on stories that Assad's regime forbade us to cover'

One year ago, a group of Syrian rebels announced they had taken Damascus, ending the rule of Bashar al-Assad. Photographer ...
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Germany charges ex-Syrian prison guard over Assad-era abuses

Prosecutors accuse the official, named as Fahad A, of torturing dozens of prisoners in jail run by Syrian intelligence.
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Syria without Assad is lighter - but now there are new problems

One year into his rule Syria's leader has won over Trump and much of the West, but at home people know his weaknesses.
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A momentous week as Syria celebrates lifting U.S. sanctions and a year without Assad

Assad's regime, Syrians also celebrate another coming milestone: the lifting of sanctions, which could help give the country ...

Victory only the start, Syrian president says year after toppling of Assad regime

Bashar al-Assad was ousted as Syria's president and fled to Russia in December 2024, bringing a sudden end to his 24-year rule.

Syria: One year since Assad's fall

The 8th of December marked a year since Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was forced to leave the capital, Damascus.
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One year after the fall of al-Assad, a reporter returns to Damascus

Damascus, Syria – On the morning of December 5, 2025, a taxi drove me across the Lebanon-Syria border. This time was different from my first trip across, in the early hours of December 9, 2024, just a ...