Tag: Syria
The Challenge of Rebuilding Syria
After one of the most brutal wars of this century, a new flag flies across Syria: the emblem of the rebels who toppled...
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...
Syria government says women must wear burkinis at public beaches
Syria's Islamist-led interim government has decreed that women must wear burkinis - a swimsuit that covers the body except for the face, hands...
Syria former prison guard – ‘I showed them no mercy’
Dozens of former officials have spoken to the BBC about their role enforcing the brutality of the Assad regime – including a man...
BBC team detained by Israeli forces in southern Syria
Feras KilaniBBC Arabic special correspondentBBCMoments later, another officer entered and told me to take off all my clothes except my underwear. I initially...
Swedish man charged over 2015 killing of Jordanian pilot in Syria
This article contains distressing descriptions of deathSwedish authorities have charged a convicted terrorist over the 2015 killing of a Jordanian pilot who was...
Rubio warns Syria could be weeks away from ‘full-scale civil war’
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called for Syria's transitional authorities to be supported, warning that the country could be only weeks...