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Post-Assad Syria

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Syria's post-Assad prisons: Detainee death reignites fear

The death of Mohammad Ghamira after detention has revived memories of torture, raising questions over whether Syria's security culture has truly changed

Mawada Bahah

27 August, 2026

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Syria

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What happened to the Syrians detained and disappeared by Israel?

The New Arab Staff

13 February, 2026

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How Assad turned reconstruction into a weapon in Syria

Usman Butt

14 January, 2026

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Syria

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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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Syria's foreign minister begins first official visit to China

The New Arab Staff

16 November, 2025

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Syria

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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

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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

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

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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

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Syrians returning home confront the terror of hidden explosives

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

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Syria lifts Assad-era travel bans affecting five million people

Nadda O.

09 March, 2025

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Syria

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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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Outrage as Syrian community group paints over Assad regime cells

The New Arab Staff

14 January, 2025

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Syria

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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.

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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)

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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

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Syria: No more survivors left in Assad's prisons

The New Arab Staff

18 December, 2024