What does fall of Assad in Syria mean for the Middle East and the West? How will the fall of the Assad regime reshape geopolitical dynamics worldwide? The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2024
France urges Israel to leave Syria buffer zone as tomb of Assad’s father set on fire – Middle East crisis as it happened France joins calls for Israeli withdrawal, arguing it is in violation of the 1974 disengagement deal The Guardian - AU · Dec 11, 2024
Why is Israel attacking Syria? What does Israel gain by attacking Syria in the wake of al-Assad’s overthrow? Al Jazeera · Dec 11, 2024
‘Do we go back or not?’: Syrians in Germany weigh up returning after fall of Assad regime While celebrating, many see situation in their homeland as precarious and have made new lives The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2024
The Day Assad Fled: Joy, Fear, and the Weight of History After years of silence, I can finally write about Syria again The Walrus · Dec 10, 2024
Assad Exit Puts US At Perilous Crossroads In Syria For more than a decade, the United States has sought to keep out of Syria's political debacle, seeing no viable partner. International Business Times · Dec 10, 2024
Syrians, in a triumph of hope, turn the page on the horrors of Assad Millions of Syrians are feeling hope for the first time in years. The Conversation · Dec 10, 2024
‘We think he died just before regime collapsed’: Syrians scour morgues full of tortured bodies SPECIAL DISPATCH: From Assad’s slaughterhouse jail to the hospital morgue piled up with mutilated bodies, desperate Syrians search for family members disappeared under a despot’s brutal regime, reports Bel Trew The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2024
European countries suspend Syrian asylum decisions after Assad's fall Germany, Austria and several other European countries have said they will freeze all pending asylum requests from Syrians, a day after the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad. Approaching the question with caution, France's interior ministry said it was "considering" a similar move. Radio France Internationale · Dec 10, 2024
White Helmets Call On Russia To Reveal Syrian Prisons The White Helmets call on Russia to pressure Assad to reveal secret prison locations in Syria to aid rescue efforts and seek justice for victims. Top News · Dec 10, 2024
OPINION - Who is Abu Mohammed al-Jolani? The Syrian commander is a new breed of leader Just a few weeks ago the name Ahmed al-Sharaa, 42, would barely have flickered an eyebrow beyond a narrow neighbourhood of northern Syria and Iraq. Better known under his nomme de guerre Abu Mohammed al-Jolani he may now be a candidate for personality of the year, an icon on the… Evening Standard · Dec 10, 2024
Footage shows secret underground tunnels used by Assad regime in Syria President Bashar al-Assad fled to Moscow on Sunday with his family The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2024
Syrians Hope For Brighter Future After Assad's Regime Falls Syrian people cautiously optimistic post-Assad regime, Hind Siddik shares heartbreaking loss but hopeful for future. Top News · Dec 10, 2024
‘Step towards justice’: US indicts ex-military officials for Syria abuses Officers Jamil Hassan and Abdul Salam Mahmoud behind torture of detainees, including US citizens, prosecutors say. Al Jazeera · Dec 10, 2024
Al Jazeera · Dec 10, 2024 What is Iran signalling since the fall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad? A stalwart Assad ally for decades, Iran has to decide how it will approach the new Syria.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2024 Syrian activist whose suffering became symbol of Assad brutality found dead in Sednaya prison Mazen al-Hamada had escaped to tell the world about regime’s torture before returning to Damascus
Al Jazeera · Dec 10, 2024 Why is Europe pausing Syrian asylum claims after al-Assad’s fall? Some European countries are freezing asylum applications for people from Syria in the wake of the fall of its regime.
The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2024 ‘They tortured me when I asked to see him’: Wife of jailed Syrian reveals truth of Assad’s slaughterhouse jail As the brutality of the Assad regime falls away, Bel Trew finds families driven by desperation, grief and fury as they searched for their lost loved ones
The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2024 Memo to the Assads: Putin may welcome you in Moscow, but I wouldn’t drink his tea The Russian leader may be a warm and attentive host: he may also be cross that Assad is now his problem. But then life’s full of uncertainty, isn’t it, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
Al Jazeera · Dec 10, 2024 Scenes from Syria: The fall of al-Assad in 10 videos Must-see moments as opposition fighters brought Bashar al-Assad’s brutal rule over Syria to a dramatic end.
Evening Standard · Dec 10, 2024 The doctators: why are so many tyrants medically qualified? One of the world’s worst dictators, Bashar al-Assad, apparently specialised in the eye as a doctor because he didn’t like the sight of blood
Evening Standard · Dec 10, 2024 Assad flees Syria: what now for Middle East after rebels topple regime? ...The Standard podcast Listen here on your chosen podcast platform.
Al Jazeera · Dec 10, 2024 After taking Damascus, Syria’s opposition begins government formation HTS-linked Mohammed al-Bashir has been tasked with forming a transitional government.
The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2024 Shamima Begum hopes of returning to UK ‘bolstered’ by collapse of Assad regime in Syria, lawyer claims The collapse of the Assad regime in Syria could pave the wave for a fresh legal bid by Shamima Begum with the future uncertain for the Syrian detention camp where she is being held