The Fall of Assad

A fighter affiliated with the new Syrian administration in a tunnel, inside the abandoned base of the Syrian Republican Guard, near Damascus, on January 4, 2025. Photo: BAKR ALKASEM / AFP vis BSS
Middle East

Elaborate military tunnel complex linked to Assad's palace

The tunnels, seen by an AFP correspondent, are among secrets of president Bashar al-Assad's rule exposed since rebels toppled him on December 8

A drone view shows Damascus city, after fighters of the ruling Syrian body ousted Bashar al-Assad, Syria. Photo: REUTERS/Yosri Al Jamal
Middle East

Who lost more weapons—Russia in Syria or America in Afghanistan?

Fighters of the ruling Syrian body inspect the site of a mass grave from the rule of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, according to residents, after the ousting of al-Assad, in Najha, Syria, December 17, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Middle East

Syrian mass graves expose 'machinery of death' under Assad: top prosecutor

Assad fled to Russia yesterday (8 December) after a lightning offensive spearheaded by Islamist rebels ousted him from power. Photo: AFP
Middle East

Assad gives account of last hours before leaving Syria

A burnt picture of President Bashar al-Assad hangs from a building, after rebels seized the capital and ousted the president, in Qamishli, Syria December 8, 2024. REUTERS/Orhan Qereman/File Photo
Middle East

Assad denies 'planned' departure from Syria in first statement since ouster

Germany's Minister for Foreign Affairs Annalena Baerbock attends a plenary session of the 31st Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Ministerial summit, in Ta'Qali, Malta, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/Pool Photo via AP
Europe

Germany warns Assad supporters in Syria against trying to flee there

Head of the Damascus Chamber of Commerce Bassel Hamwi attends an interview with Reuters in Damascus, after rebels seized the capital and ousted Syria's Bashar al-Assad, Syria December 10, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Hassano
Middle East

Syria's new rulers back shift to free-market economy: Business leader

Hamza al-Khatib's death sparked protests in 2011 that led to Syria's civil war. Photo: BBC
Middle East

I hope Assad pays the price, says mother whose son's death inflamed 2011 Syrian revolution

Mohammed al-Bashir. File Photo: AFP
Middle East

Rebel-backed figure takes charge as Syria's interim prime minister

Rebel fighters sit on a vehicle, after rebels seized the capital and ousted President Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, December 9, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo
Middle East

Assad's fall in Syria exposes limits of China's Middle East diplomacy

A portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is pictured with its frame broken, in a Syrian regime's Political Security Branch facility on the outskirts of the central city of Hama, following the capture of the area by anti-government forces, on December 7, 2024. Photo: AFP
Middle East

Assad rejected deal with US before his ouster: Washington Post

The future of Syria is unknown, but will almost certainly not feature Assad. Photo: Reuters
Panorama

Syria's Bashar Assad: Accidental leader and tyrant

Rebel fighters pose as they hold a Syrian opposition flag inside the Umayyad Mosque, after rebels seized the capital and ousted Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria December 9, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
Middle East

Syria's rebels work to form government, restore order after Assad ouster