Bashar Assad

• Photos of Shiite Muslims displaced from Syria living at a newly opened camp in Lebanon - Thousands of Shiite Muslims who fled Syria after former President Bashar Assad's government was toppled in an offensive by Sunni rebels in December 2024 have found a new home in Lebanon. Many of them stayed in mosques, schools or with rela
• Russian forces begin pulling out of bases in northeast Syria - Russian forces have begun pulling out of positions in northeast Syria in an area still controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces after the group lost most of its territory in an offensive by government forces. Associated Press
• Protesters clash in Syria after deadly Alawite mosque bombing - Clashes broke out on Syria’s coast between protesters from the Alawite religious minority and counterdemonstrators on Sunday, two days after a bombing at an Alawite mosque in the city of Homs killed eight people and wounded 18 others during
• On anniversary of the fall of Bashar Assad, Syrians and their country struggle to heal - A year ago, Mohammad Marwan found himself stumbling, barefoot and dazed, out of Syria’s notorious Saydnaya prison on the outskirts of Damascus as rebel forces pushing toward the capital threw open its doors to release the prisoners. Arrest