Syrians work to erase al-Assad cult of personality after fall of regime

Under the previous dynastic regime, Syria went from a homeland for all to a "real estate registry" for the al-Assad family.
Reporters Without Borders

“Syria: the forbidden witnesses of the Assad regime” — New RSF documentary shows what it was like to be a reporter under one of the world’s worst crackdowns on journalism

Assad’s regime, journalists in Syria were spied upon, put behind bars, abducted and even killed.  After the fall of the dictatorship on 8 December 2024, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) produced a ...
Yahoo

Syria's Rifaat al-Assad, the 'butcher of Hama', dies at 88

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan 21 (Reuters) - Rifaat al-Assad, the brother of the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad known by critics as the "butcher of ...

The Damascus book fair draws crowds, with censorship eased in post-Assad Syria

Abdul-Razzaq Ahmad Saryoul began publishing books in Syria in 2003 but he used to abstain from participating in the annual ...

How an Assad-era law is threatening civil society groups in Syria

An old law from Syria's dictatorship is making life tough for human rights and aid organizations there. Is the Syrian interim ...
The New Arab

The end of Al-Hol: What next for Syria as IS camps close

Al-Hol is largely empty after weeks of unrest and mass escapes, leaving Syria to grapple with the security and political fallout of closing IS camps ...
The News-Times

Syrian rapper Al Darwish returns home after 13 years to perform in post-Assad Damascus

Hani Al Sawah, a rap artist known as Al Darwish, has returned to Syria after 13 years to perform his political songs for the first time without the Assad dynasty in power. Al Darwish fled the ...