The Palestine Branch was one of the most feared security centers in Syria, infamous for its brutal interrogations, arbitrary ...

A new ‘Frontline’ episode investigates over a decade of mass imprisonment and torture of Syrians under then-president Bashar ...

Syria has gone from being a pariah nation to one receiving considerable international support despite the dangers of wishful ...

Charles Glass’s book on Syria provides a fascinating, if horrifying, explanation of the impact of imperial interests on the ...

During the 13-year civil war in Syria, the forces loyal to ousted President Bashar al-Assad carried out some of the most ...

Following the fall of Syria’s Assad regime, the United States and key allies have recently announced sanctions relief with the stated goal ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — In the fall of 2018 ... He said that was better than detention under the Assad regime. But after hearing that some children of detained women were hidden in orphanages ...

For 54 years, Syria existed in the shadow of a silence so profound, it swallowed entire lives. The Assad ... on a book about the disappearance of Samira al-Khalil and her life under siege.

Lifting sanctions lays the groundwork for a new era in Syria, but it is a slow, multiphase process shaped by legal, political, and institutional constraints ...

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