Handcuffed and squatting on the floor, Abdullah Zahra saw smoke rising from his cellmate’s flesh as his torturers gave him electric shocks. Then it was Zahra’s…
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Syrians marked Wednesday a month since the ouster of longtime dictator Assad in a lightning offensive by an anti-regime alliance. The alliance, led by Hayat…
Syria’s newly appointed Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani has said that his country was ready to engage with the rest of the world as he…
The U.N. body investigating serious crimes in Syria announced Monday that the country’s new authorities were “very receptive” to its cooperation requests during a recent…
Syria’s anti-regime groups have reached an agreement on their dissolution and integration into the country’s regular defense forces, the new authorities in Damascus announced Tuesday.…
Syria’s new Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani, urged Iran on Tuesday to respect Syria’s sovereignty and the will of its people instead of sowing chaos…
The Turkish Red Crescent (Kızılay) inaugurated a new delegation office in Damascus, Syria, marking a significant step in expanding its humanitarian mission. The office, located…
The leader of the group that orchestrated Syrian dictator Bashar Assad’s ouster has vowed to disband the country’s anti-regime forces. Assad fled Syria on Dec.…
A man filmed by CNN being released from a Damascus jail by anti-regime forces has been identified as a former Syrian regime intelligence officer, not…
The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen warned that conflict has not ended in the country, as his visit to the notorious Sednaya…