Questions around a compound of Shiite refugees from Syria show lingering post-Assad fears

A compound in Lebanon housing people who fled Syria after Bashar Assad's fall has faced allegations of harboring Assad ...
The New York Times

For Fallen Syrian Dictator Assad and Family, an Exile of Luxury and Impunity

Bashar al-Assad’s long, brutal reign ended swiftly, but he and his close circle have had a soft landing in Russia. Credit...Aaron Byrd Supported by By Erika Solomon Christiaan Triebert Haley Willis ...
Forbes

A Year After Assad’s Fall, Russia Preserves Syrian Energy Influence

Extensive Russian influence in Syria goes back to the Soviet era and survived the collapse of the USSR and the end of communism. It appears that now Russian influence in Syria has survived the fall of ...
Boston Herald

A year after Bashar Assad fled, Syria struggles to heal

HOMS, Syria (AP) — 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 ...
AOL

Former Syrian Dictator Bashar al-Assad Reportedly Spends His Days Gaming It Out

Bashar al-Assad passes the time playing online video games in his Moscow high-rise, according to a former military officer close to the Assad family who spoke to German newspaper Die Zeit. The ousted ...
Chicago Tribune

Trump se reunirá con el líder sirio al-Sharaa, quien lideró el derrocamiento de Assad

RIAD, Arabia Saudí (AP) — El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump se reunirá el miércoles en Arabia Saudí con el mandatario sirio Ahmad al-Sharaa, el otrora insurgente que el año pasado lideró el ...
New York Sun

‘The Invisible Man’: Exiled Ex-President of Syria Finds a Gilded Life in Moscow Watched by Allies and Enemies

The icy winds of Moscow offer little warmth for exiled Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, whose sudden downfall on December 8 sent shockwaves through the Middle East. Once the unchallenged ruler of ...
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Did Asma Al-Assad ‘break her silence’ on X?

Many news publications have claimed that Asma-Al Assad has ‘broken her silence’ after a fake account on X impersonating Syria’s former first lady started sending out a series of posts on the social ...
Al-Monitor

In first since regime fall, Syria’s Asma al-Assad breaks silence: What to know

An account allegedly belonging to Asma al-Assad, wife of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, posted a series of tweets on X on Sunday, marking what appears to be her first public comments since ...
The National Interest

After Assad: Syria’s Fractured Path Forward

British journalist Patrick Seale’s book Asad of Syria: The Struggle for the Middle East (1989) offers crucial insight into the domestic, regional, and international forces that have shaped Syria’s ...
Yahoo

Bashar al-Assad's wife Asma 'barred from UK' for potentially lifesaving cancer treatment

Bashar al-Assad’s critically ill wife will not be allowed to return to the UK for cancer treatment after her British passport expired, according to reports. The 49-year-old, born in London to Syrian ...