Tag: Bashar al-
In Syria, a City Shattered by War Asks for Its Sacrifice...
Mohammed al-Abad, a wiry young man wearing black jeans and wraparound shades, drives his motorcycle several times a week up a gravel hill...
What It Was Like Inside Syria’s Most Fearsome Prison
No place in Syria was more feared than Sednaya prison during the Assad family’s decades-long, iron-fisted rule. Situated on a barren...
Photos: A Road Trip Through Syria After the Fall of Bashar...
After one of the most brutal wars of this century, a new Syria is rising from the disastrous legacy of...
A Syrian Committee for Civil Peace Angers Those Demanding Justice
It was established by Syria’s fledgling government to restore calm in a country fractured by roughly 14 years of civil war. Instead, the...
Trump Meets Ahmed al-Shara After Vowing to Lift Sanctions on Syria
President Trump, swiftly dismantling decades of U.S. government policy that treated Syria like a pariah, held an extraordinary meeting on Wednesday with its...
Trump’s Vow to Lift Sanctions on Syria Unleashes Hope
Salaries would go up. Bread and gasoline would be cheaper. The electricity would come on for more than a few hours per day....
Trump to Lift Sanctions on Syria, Meet with New President
President Trump said on Tuesday that he would lift sanctions on Syria, throwing an economic lifeline to a country devastated by nearly 14...
Israel Launches Airstrikes Near Presidential Palace in Damascus
Israeli fighter jets struck near the presidential palace in Damascus, the Syrian capital, early Friday, in what Israel’s leaders said was a message...
Britain Lifts Sanctions on Syrian Security Agencies
Britain on Thursday lifted sanctions that had been imposed on several Syrian government agencies during the rule of the now-deposed president, Bashar al-Assad,...
