Bashar al Assad

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Book Club
Book Club
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How Assad turned reconstruction into a weapon in Syria

Book Club: 'Reconstruction as Violence in Assad's Syria' explains how post-war rebuilding was used to erase communities and extend Assad's rule

Usman Butt
14 January, 2026
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Syria
MENA
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Lebanon: Investigations underway into Assad regime remnants

The New Arab Staff
03 January, 2026
Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Asaad Al-Shaibani addresses delegates during a day of dialogue with Syrian civil society, a first step towards structured dialogue with the Syrian government and the European Union, at Conference Palace near Damascus on November 15, 2025.
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World
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Syria's foreign minister begins first official visit to China

The New Arab Staff
16 November, 2025
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Syria
MENA
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Khalil Maatouk declared dead 13 years after Assad regime arrest

The New Arab Staff
01 November, 2025
600-square-meter Syrian Flag hoisted in Tishreen Park, Damascus
Syria
MENA
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One million Syrian refugees returned from abroad since Assad fall: UN

The New Arab Staff
24 September, 2025
Muammar Gaddafi (R) greets Bashar al-Assad (L) and Farouk al-Sharaa
Farouk al-Sharaa testifies
Narrated

Indifference plagued the last Arab Summit before the Arab Spring

Farouk al-Sharaa

Farouk al-Sharaa

24 June, 2025
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Post-Assad Syria
Society
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Despite US and EU relief, UK sanctions delay Syria's recovery

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Rachel Hagan

03 June, 2025
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Post-Assad Syria
Society
Live Story

Syrians returning home confront the terror of hidden explosives

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Hannah Wallace

27 March, 2025
A Free Syria's flag is seen next to a poster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during a demonstration held in front of the Fatih mosque in Istanbul on May 24, 2013
Syria
MENA
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Syria lifts Assad-era travel bans affecting five million people

Nadda Osman
09 March, 2025
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Syria
MENA
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Syrian Ramadan series sparks buzz with story of Assad fall

The New Arab Staff
07 February, 2025
A community group painted over the prison cells in Assad’s security dungeons [Getty]
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MENA
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Outrage as Syrian community group paints over Assad regime cells

The New Arab Staff
14 January, 2025
Mount Qasyun
Syria
MENA
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Elaborate military tunnel complex linked to Assad's palace

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 January, 2025
Paramedics transport the corpse of a Syrian who died of coronavirus during a funeral in the village of Barisha in the Idlib province, on September 30, 2021. - Covid-19 cases have soared to critical levels across Syria in recent weeks, officials said, with health facilities reaching maximum capacity and unable to cope.
Syria
MENA
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Syrian medics say they were forced to lie about chemical attacks

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 December, 2024
A concrete guard box and portraits of former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and his late son, Basel al-Assad, mark the entrance to Syrias 4th Armored Division west of the capital on December 11, 2024 in Damascus. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty)
Lebanon
MENA
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Dozens of Syrian regime officers detained in Lebanon

The New Arab Staff
21 December, 2024
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Post-Assad Syria
MENA
Live Story

Syria: No more survivors left in Assad's prisons

The New Arab Staff
18 December, 2024
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Post-Assad Syria
Society
Live Story

Post-Assad: Hopes and delays at the Jordan-Syria border crossing

The New Arab Staff

Jude Taha

17 December, 2024
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Syria
Perspectives

Syria's house of cards

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Barak Barfi

12 December, 2024
Families of Moroccans trapped in SDF prisons urge the government to repatriate their relatives [Getty]
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MENA
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Moroccan families urge govt to repatriate relatives from Syria

Salma Ouaguira
12 December, 2024
Mohammed al-Bashir appeared in front of a white flag with the Islamic shahada in black writing [Getty]
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
Live Story

Syrians concerned by HTS flag displayed during interim PM speech

The New Arab Staff
11 December, 2024
Documents show collaboration between Bashar al-Assad and Israel [Getty]
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
Live Story

'Leaked documents' suggest secret dealings between Assad, Israel

The New Arab Staff
11 December, 2024
Lebanese star singer Elissa performs dur
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
Live Story

Lebanese star Elissa says freed Saydnaya prisoner is her cousin

The New Arab Staff
10 December, 2024