This is Beirut, 27/05 19:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
An alleged former Syrian prison guard has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of committing crimes against humanity under former president Bashar al-Assad, prosecutors said Tuesday. The man, identified only as Fahad A., is accused of "acts of killing, torture and deprivation of liberty" while he worked in a Damascus facility run by Syrian ...
This is Beirut, 24/05 17:18 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syria Syrian Intelligence Bashar al-Assad
Syria's interior ministry spokesman Noureddine al-Baba said Saturday that around a third of the population had been wanted by the intelligence and security services of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, who was ousted in December. Baba told a press conference in Damascus that "the number of people wanted by the former regime for political ...
This Is Beirut, 22/05 17:50 - Reading : less than a minute
Syria Damascus Bashar al-Assad
The National Museum in Damascus hosted an exhibition entitled “Detained and Missing” on Sunday.
This is Beirut, 15/03 18:12 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United Nations Syria Ahmad al-Sharaa Bashar al-Assad
Syrians gathered on Saturday to commemorate the 14th anniversary of their uprising in public demonstrations in Damascus for the first time since president Bashar al-Assad was toppled. The demonstration in Damascus's Umayyad Square is the first in the capital after years of repression under Assad, during which the square was the sole preserve of ...
This is Beirut, 10/03 17:41 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Syria Bashar al-Assad SOHR Latakia Tartus
Syria's new authorities announced on Monday the end of an operation against loyalists of deposed president Bashar al-Assad, after more than 1,000 civilians were killed in the worst violence since his overthrow. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said security forces and allied groups had killed 1,068 civilians, the vast majority ...
This is Beirut, 08/03 18:20 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Syrian security forces deployed heavily in the Alawite heartland on the Mediterranean coast on Saturday, after a war monitor reported that government and allied forces killed at least 745 civilians from the religious minority in recent days. Residents of the region continued to report killings of civilians after deadly clashes broke out on ...
This is Beirut, 07/03 22:28 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syria Erdogan Bashar al-Assad Refugees
More than 300,000 refugees have returned to Syria since president Bashar al-Assad was overthrown, while nearly a million more people displaced inside the country have returned to their homes, the United Nations said on Friday. Since Assad was toppled by Islamist-led rebels on December 8, "we've now crossed the 300,000 returns" mark, ...
This is Beirut, 07/03 16:43 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Latakia Syria Alawites Bashar al-Assad
A Syrian war monitor said Friday that security forces "executed" 69 members of the Alawite minority, a day after deadly clashes with gunmen loyal to toppled president Bashar al-Assad. Thursday's violence saw the fiercest attacks on the country's new authorities since Assad was ousted in a lightning offensive by Islamist-led ...
This is Beirut, 07/03 12:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Syria Bashar al-Assad Human Rights clashes
More than 70 people were killed and dozens more wounded in Syria in fighting between government security forces and militants loyal to deposed ruler Bashar al-Assad, a war monitor said Friday. "More than 70 killed and dozens wounded and captured in bloody clashes and ambushes on the Syrian coast between members of the Ministry of Defense and ...
This is Beirut, 06/03 20:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
More than 70 people were killed and dozens more wounded in Syria in fighting between government security forces and militants loyal to deposed ruler Bashar al-Assad, a war monitor said Friday. "More than 70 killed and dozens wounded and captured in bloody clashes and ambushes on the Syrian coast between members of the Ministry of Defense and ...
This is Beirut, 18/02 15:50 - Reading : less than a minute
Homs Syria War Bashar al-Assad
Once dubbed the capital of the revolution against Bashar al-Assad, Homs saw some of the fiercest fighting in Syria's civil war. Now, displaced people are returning to their neighborhoods, only to find them in ruins.
This is Beirut, 06/02 23:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A Syrian whistleblower, who smuggled tens of thousands of pictures depicting torture under Bashar al-Assad, on Thursday revealed his identity for the first time, two months after the longtime ruler was toppled. "I am First Lieutenant Farid al-Madhan, the (former) head of the forensic evidence department at the military police in Damascus, known ...