Syrians inspect the Assad family compound for the first time
By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Umit Bektas LATAKIA, Syria (Reuters) – Syrian cyclist Bassel Soufi rode his bike 40 kilometers from the northwestern city of Latakia on Friday to visit the…
Unrest in Syrian prisons filled with ISIS supporters after the fall of the Assad regime
A prison in eastern Syria holds thousands of ISIS prisoners. The prison warden said the prisoners do not know the Syrian regime in Damascus has been overthrown. The prison is…
Russia transported Assad ‘safely,’ Russian FM reporter tells NBC News
(Reuters) – Russia transported Bashar al-Assad, who was ousted as Syria’s president in a lightning strike, safely to Russia, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told NBC News in an interview…
Assad loyalists were shaken by his fall, while others were relieved by the lack of violence
(Reuters) – Confusion and fear have gripped Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite faction and other loyalist communities since his fall, with many questioning how the fall came so quickly after so many…
The fall of Bashar Assad after 14 years of war in Syria ends a decades-long dynasty.
BEIRUT (AP) – The fall of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government on Sunday marked a 14-year struggle for power as his country was torn apart by a deadly civil war…