The Latest Breaking News from Caesar

Special adviser showed instinctive feel for authoritarianism as he addressed the president’s first full cabinet meeting

The former military officer, previously known only as ‘Caesar’, smuggled evidence of thousands of deaths out of the country

They’ve been around for ever; now they’re running the US. And beneath all the podcasts and punching lie questions of grievance, self-ownership and self-expression

The Caesar Act was meant to punish Bashar Assad’s government. It’s now a serious obstacle to Syria’s reconstruction.

FIRST PERSON: Bel Trew spent days travelling across Syria – from Aleppo in the north, to the capital Damascus and Deraa in the south – charting a nation coming to terms with the end of decades of brutal rule by the Assads. From families trying to find missing loved ones…

ON THE GROUND: Photographer codenamed Caesar who captured more than 53,000 pictures documenting the horrors of the Assad regime tells Bel Trew how he risked his life to show the world what was happening – and his fears for what is still to be found

Bashar al-Assad's government has been accused of carrying out torture, rape, summary executions and other abuses since since Syria's civil war started in 2011.

Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence has long been regarded as dangerous for her Syria contacts and stance on Ukraine

Since the election, courtiers have been swarming around Mar-a-Lago like bees in a honeypot to pay homage to Donald Trump. The Florida Versailles, with its ballroom, chandeliers and disco lights, has attracted various oligarchs and power-brokers night after night. Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, Robert F Kennedy…