With the help of Sky's Syria producers, Mahmoud Moussa and Ahmad Rahhal, we began identifying personal files, registration books, folders full of paperwork, and orders to staff.

At the political security prison in Homs, one of the most feared places in Syria, a fire still burned in the basement of the building. We peered inside and could see mountains of documents ...

In power since 2000, Bashar al-Assad's legacy is that of an autocrat who attempted to suppress all challenges to his rule and make Syria a land of relative stability in the tumultuous region.

Three-quarters of Syria's 23 million citizens are Sunnis, one-tenth are Alawites, and the rest are a mix of Christians, Ismaili Shiites and Druze. Under Assad, Syrians enjoyed religious and other ...

Syrian Activists Feared Assad’s Retaliation. His Fall Frees Them to Speak Openly. The Syrian regime’s ouster unleashed a collective unmasking across the country and its vast diaspora.

Joseph Roche and Iryna Matviyishyn: Between Fear and Reconciliation in Syria Father Tony Homsy celebrates a Catholic Mass in the Alawite district of Ikrima in Homs, Syria, on January 11, 2025 ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The toppling of Bashar Assad has raised tentative hopes that Syrians might live peacefully and as equals after a half century of authoritarian rule. Monday, January 27 36 ...

Joseph Roche and Iryna Matviyishyn: Between Fear and Reconciliation in Syria Father Tony Homsy celebrates a Catholic Mass in the Alawite district of Ikrima in Homs, Syria, on January 11, 2025 ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The toppling of Bashar Assad has raised tentative hopes that Syrians might live peacefully and as equals after a half century of authoritarian rule. While there have been ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) ... have been bursts of deadly sectarian violence in the days since Assad was ousted, it’s nothing close to what was feared after nearly 14 years of civil war.

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) ... have been bursts of deadly sectarian violence in the days since Assad was ousted, it’s nothing close to what was feared after nearly 14 years of civil war.