CounterPunch6d
Lessons from Iraq, Libya, and Syria: Resistance, Betrayal, and Collapse
The tumultuous collapses of Iraq, Libya and Syria offer stark parallels and contrasts, shedding light on the complex ...
Middle East Eye7d
Assad's former aide says deposed Syrian president was 'tricked' by Putin
Syria’s former media chief and top aide to Bashar al-Assad said that Russian President Vladimir Putin may have “tricked” the ...
Russia’s fight for Syria isn’t over
The Khmeimim airbase in Latakia has been a lifeline for Russia’s expanding influence in Africa, from Libya to several ...
Syria's Assad blames 'terrorism' for regime collapse in first statement since defeat
Former Syrian President Bashar Assad on Monday made his first official statement since being topped by a rebel offensive and fleeing the country for Russia.
NPR29d
First public comments attributed to ousted Assad claim he never planned to leave Syria
As the rebel forces entered the capital on Dec. 8, the statement says, Assad moved to a military airbase in the port city of Latakia in coordination ... withdrawn from all battle lines and all ...
Syrian rebels arrest top official who 'ordered thousands of executions for Assad' at notorious Sednaya Prison - after furious gunbattle in Russian-controlled Tartus
Mohammed Kanjo Hassan was reportedly arrested by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) forces following a furious gunbattle with Assad ...
El País in English10d
Captagon, the drug that turned Syria into a narco-state under Bashar al-Assad’s dictatorship
The fall of the regime brings to light the scheme by which Damascus produced 80% of this substance during the war. The rebel ...