Assad Regime

Syrian Cemeteries: Families Continue Search for the Missing

More than a month after the fall of Assad’s regime on December 8, families are still searching for missing loved ones. At Tal al-Naser cemetery, Adnan Deeb, known as Abu Sham, combs through worn ledgers of the dead – some with names, others reduced to mere codes. Among those searching is Fairuz, a mother from Homs who still hopes to find her ...

Bab al-Tebbaneh Massacre: Wounds That Never Healed

From mass killings to the harrowing question to mothers: “Who do we kill first, your son or your husband?” The 1986 Bab al-Tebbaneh massacre, committed by the Assad regime in north Lebanon’s city of Tripoli, left heartbreaking stories of murder and oppression endured by the residents of this impoverished neighborhood.   For Huna Lubnan, ...