CNN admits man freed in viral segment was notorious lieutenant for Assad regime, not civilian as he claimed
CNN admitted on Monday that it had been misled by a man who the network initially reported to be a Syrian prisoner freed from ...
Former Assad security forces hand in weapons to new Syrian government
Former Syrian regime security forces have been handing in their weapons to the rebel-linked transitional government in the ...
A CNN team rescued a ‘prisoner’ from Syrian jail. Now, the outlet admits he was an Assad torturer
After a fact-checking group in Syria concluded that a man found in an abandoned Syrian prison was actually an Assad officer ...
Putin promises to ask Assad about whereabouts of American journalist Austin Tice
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would enquire about the whereabouts of Austin Tice, the American journalist missing ...
Freed prisoner who said he was a victim of the Assad regime was an intelligence officer, locals say
A man who was filmed by CNN being released by rebels from a Damascus jail was a former intelligence officer with the deposed ...
A tale of two Syrians: One finally made it back, another is too fearful to return
Ahmad Morjan hugged his mother for the first time in more than 13 years when he returned to Aleppo. Others who fled the Assad ...
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 ...
Hundreds of thousands of bodies could be buried in Syrian mass graves, advocacy group says
Syrians are starting to uncover mass graves across the country, shedding light on the magnitude of atrocities committed ...
Assad says he didn’t plan to flee Syria, according to presidency Telegram account
Assad’s departure from the country was unplanned, according to a statement posted Monday on the Syrian Presidency Telegram ...
US concedes it has double the number of troops in Syria as Biden sends officials to Damascus
The Pentagon announced the US currently has “approximately 2,000” troops in Syria, more than double the previously disclosed ...
Where is Assad? Russia solves the mystery of the Syrian dictator’s escape
As many in Syria celebrated the end of the long rule of Bashar al-Assad, rumors swirled about his whereabouts. After a day of ...
Assad’s fall is huge blow for Putin, highlighting fragility of his own rule
Syrians are now roaming through Assad’s abandoned presidential palace in Damascus, much as Ukrainians were able to visit the ...