Bashar Assad
Damascus synagogue tours highlight renewed interest in Syrian Jewish history and diaspora ties
Tours of synagogues and meetings with religious leaders highlight renewed interest in Jewish history and unresolved questions over historic sites, property, and diaspora ties.
Syria alleges Assad officials took organs from detainees for elite transplants
After 15-year sentence for Israeli interview, Lebanese journalist says courts protect Hezbollah
'Defiance': A memoir of survival in a torn-apart Syria - review
Syria opens first public trial of former Assad regime official Atef Najib
Syria has opened its first public trial for a former Assad regime official, Atef Najib, marking a shift toward accountability. The trial focuses on crimes committed in Dara’a and Damascus.
Syria accuses Hezbollah-linked cells of plotting attacks, signaling break from Assad-era alliance
Damascus is moving against networks it says planned assassinations, bombings, and rocket fire, raising new questions about sovereignty and power after Bashar Assad’s fall.
Main suspect in Syria's Tadamon massacre arrested, ministry says
Amjad Yousef was arrested in the Hama province in western Syria, where he had been hiding since the overthrow of Bashar Assad in 2024.
Syria carrying out arrests of Palestinians linked to Assad regime, rights orgs. claim
The Action Group for Palestinians of Syria complained that at least 14 men were arrested from the Khan Al-Shih camp, Jaramana camp, the Rukn al-Din neighborhood, and the town of al-Hameh.
Turkey’s rearrest of fugitive revives mystery of Syrian defector’s disappearance
The capture of a convicted kidnapper is renewing scrutiny of how two Syrian defectors were abducted in Turkey and handed to Assad’s security apparatus.
Syria detains former political security chief Muhammad Mansoura amid Assad-era abuse investigations
Mansoura is considered one of the prominent security figures who held sensitive positions within the structure of the former Syrian regime.
Syria unveils plan to rid country of Assad's chemical weapons stockpile
Syria has unveiled a plan to eliminate Assad's chemical weapons with international support. The operation will inspect 100 sites to track and destroy remaining toxic munitions.
Despite rocky history, Israel once again weighing security zone in Lebanon - analysis
After October 7, Israel redrew its border doctrine around buffer zones. Now, as Hezbollah regroups in southern Lebanon, debate is growing over whether a new security strip is needed.
Collapse of Iran’s regime may mark end of Syria’s role as an ‘open arena for conflict’ - analysis
A woman in Qamishli told The Media Line: “Any retreat in the influence of forces that participated in the war may help turn the page on the past.”
In post-Assad era, Hezbollah’s shrinks to cells, smugglers, and cheap rockets - analysis
The Iranian proxy group once helped sustain Assad’s war machine; now it stands accused of running deniable operations with cheap hardware.
