Bashar al-Assad

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov delivers his annual end-of-year press conference at the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow on January 20, 2026. (Photo by TATYANA MAKEYEVA / AFP via Getty Images)

Post-Assad Syria

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Russia suggests Syria has dropped push to prosecute Assad

Reports had quoted Lavrov as saying that Syria has abandoned the issue of trying Assad, while the Russian minister only said the case had been dormant.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

30 January, 2026

Syrians destroy statues and regime symbols in Damascus, Syria, on December 18, 2024, after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's rule, marking the victory of the Syrian revolution.

One Year of a Free Syria

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'It's all over': how Iran abandoned Assad to his fate days before fall

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

07 December, 2025

A defaced poster of Bashar al-Assad is seen outside a Syrian Army recruitment center on December 22, 2024 in Damascus, Syria

Syria

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'God damn Ghouta': Leaked footage shows Assad mocking Syria

The New Arab Staff

06 December, 2025

A general view of the front page of "Syrian Al-Thawra" newspaper in Damascus on December 1, 2025.

Post-Assad Syria

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Syria launches first official print newspaper since Assad fall

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

01 December, 2025

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Lebanon

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Fadl Shaker’s charge of 'insulting Assad's Syria' to be dropped

Rabia Farran

28 November, 2025

Lost Syrian Migrants

Post-Assad Syria

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Syrian families seek answers for loved ones missing in Libya

Maïa, Maël, Simon & Majd

06 November, 2025

Syrians destroy statues and regime symbols in Damascus, Syria, on December 18, 2024, after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's rule, marking the victory of the Syrian revolution.

Post-Assad Syria

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France issues third arrest warrant against Syria's Assad

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

24 October, 2025

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Sharaa requested Assad's extradition in Putin meeting: ministry

The New Arab Staff

18 October, 2025

Russian Defence Ministry headquarters is seen on the bank of the Moskva river in Moscow on September 2, 2025. (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images)

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Syria chief of staff in Moscow ahead of President Sharaa's visit

The New Arab Staff

02 October, 2025

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Syria rights group calls on Russia to extradite Assad

The New Arab Staff

30 September, 2025

TOPSHOT-SYRIA-CONFLICT

Syria

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Syrian court issues arrest warrant for ousted president Assad

The New Arab Staff

27 September, 2025

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Syria

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Over 4 million students return to school since fall of Assad

The New Arab Staff

21 September, 2025

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Bashar al-Assad

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French prosecutors seek new arrest warrant for Bashar al-Assad

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

29 July, 2025

The sanctions could pave the way for Syria to more easily rebuild

Syria

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Half a million Syrians return since fall of Assad

The New Arab Staff

05 July, 2025

Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad sitting in a conference hall with others in the background

Farouk al-Sharaa testifies

Farouk al-Sharaa: The 2004 Arab Summit in Tunis was derailed

Farouk al-Sharaa

Farouk al-Sharaa

18 June, 2025

Tice's mother Debra believes her son is still alive

Post-Assad Syria

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Assad 'ordered Austin Tice killing', former Syrian general says

The New Arab Staff

15 June, 2025

A portrait of then-Syrian President Bashar al-Assad covers posters of Lebanon's assasinated ex-premier Rafiq Hariri (L) and his son Saad on a wall in a west Beirut neighbourhood,

Farouk al-Sharaa testifies

The tense final meeting between Rafic Hariri and Bashar al-Assad

Farouk al-Sharaa

Farouk al-Sharaa

13 June, 2025