The last Jews of Damascus: A journey through memory and ruins
Inside Syria's ancient capital, a lone Jewish guardian watches over abandoned properties while Islamist rulers patrol the ...
Horrifying images lay bare the torture regime operated by Assad's regime
These horrifying images lay bare the torture regime operated by recently deposed Bashar al-Assad in Syria. The photographs chillingly show the inhumane conditions inside the ‘Air Force Intelligence ...
AP PHOTOS: Scrawled on walls of Assad's prisons, graffiti express fears, loves of tormented Syrians
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Languishing in a dungeon cell of Syria’s then-ruler Bashar Assad, an unknown prisoner scrawled a verse ...
A train station was once the pride of Syria’s capital. Some see it as a symbol of revival after war
A train station in Damascus was once the pride of the Syrian capital, an essential link between Europe and the Arabian ...
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Syria Faces Its Past and Its Future
Images taken just after the precipitous end of the civil war reveal a secret legacy that is just becoming visible.
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In pictures: Celebrations in Damascus as al-Assad regime falls
Rebel fighters swept into Syria’s capital Damascus on Sunday, bringing them closer to a stunning victory. After years of a gruelling stalemate, the tide shifted dramatically in just two weeks.
Syria’s economic pains far from over despite Assad’s ouster
Economy has been battered by corruption and 13 years of civil war. Coupled with international sanctions and mismanagement, ...
Reporter's Notebook: Navigating journalism in the 'new' Syria
A week later, the Ministry of Information sent an online form for journalists, asking them to detail work plans before they ...
Prison Walls Reveal Last Messages of Assad's Detainees
Often mysterious, the graffiti preserves fragments of what the anonymous inmates were thinking as they faced torture and death.