Assad, Syria

Pentagon says it doubled the number of US troops in Syria before Assad’s fall
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has more than doubled the number of its forces in Syria to fight the Islamic State group — a dramatic increase that the Pentagon revealed Thursday, acknowledging that the added troops have been there for months or even more than a year.
New details of notorious Captagon drug trade exposed with collapse of Syria's Assad regime
A CBS News team gained access to a site outside Damascus which holds the precursor chemicals for Captagon, one of the most popular street drugs in the Middle East and beyond.
The Assad regime has fallen. Why are foreign powers still targeting Syria?
Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and his years-long regime have fallen, but the country remains a battleground for an array of actors seeking to secure interests in what may emerge to be a dangerous power vacuum.
What Assad's fall has revealed about Syria's trade in the stimulant drug Captagon
Syria’s nearly 14-year-old civil war fragmented the country, crumbled the economy and created fertile ground for the production of the highly addictive drug Captagon
How Syria's Assad propped up the Captagon drug trade
Assad's regime raked in $5 billion per year from the Captagon drug trade, dwarfing Syria's official budget and making it a lifeline for the bankrupted country. Imtiaz Tyab has new details about what was discovered about the trade after Assad's rule collapsed.
Maps: See Israel’s Moves in Syria Since al-Assad Was Toppled
Israeli fighter jets have launched hundreds of airstrikes, while soldiers have seized a buffer zone and captured military ...
After Assad's fall, the task of unearthing the dead from Syria's mass graves is just beginning
Tens of thousands of Syrians are believed to be buried in mass graves scattered around the country, victims of the security ...
100K Return to Syria After Assad's Fall, UN Migration Head Reports
Many of the100,000 have entered Syria from neighboring countries such as Lebanon as they attempt to travel to their former ...
Putin denies Russian defeat in Syria, says he plans to meet Assad
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia had not been defeated in Syria and that Moscow had made ...
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Putin on Russia's economy, Trump and Syria's Assad
Putin also said he has not yet met Syria's ousted leader Bashar al-Assad and added he is prepared to speak to Donald ...
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US troops doubled in Syria before Assad’s overthrow, Pentagon says
The U.S. doubled the number of forces in Syria to counter ISIS before the fall of Bashar Assad's government. Here, a U.S.
US Doubled Its Amount of Troops in Syria Before Assad's Fall: Pentagon
The Pentagon said Thursday that 2,000 troops were in Syria after U.S. officials previously said there were only 900 troops there.
Revenge attacks in post-Assad Syria fuel fear and mistrust
Across Syria, the country’s rebel leaders are struggling to contain revenge attacks, as vigilantes seize on the chaos of the ...