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Despite terrible memories of death during the war, including that of her brother, Huda Khayti now often returns to her hometown of Douma. Photo: DW

Why many Syrians feel Assad death sentence isn't enough

In July, a Syrian court sentenced former dictator Bashar Assad to death for crimes against his own people. But after 14 years of civil war, many survivors are demanding more when it comes to...

A drone view of the mass grave site in the desert near the eastern Syrian town of Dhumair, February 27, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

Assad government secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings: Reuters investigation

A satellite image, according to Reuters analysis, shows the C5-SKY jet taxiing to the runway before its flight out of Syria, at Hmeimim air base, Syria on 8 December 2024. 2025 Planet Labs PBC/Handout via Reuters

Operation Assad: The air mission to smuggle the Syrian despot's valuables

Photo: BSS/AFP

'No more fear': Stand-up comedy returns to post-Assad Syria

Sketch: TBS

The fall of Assad: Redefining power, resistance and politics in the Middle East

A man rides a bike on a street, after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, December 8, 2024. REUTERS

Ukraine says Assad's fall underscores Russian weakness

File photo: Syria's President Bashar al-Assad addresses the new members of parliament in Damascus, Syria in this handout released by SANA on August 12, 2020. SANA/Handout via REUTERS

Iron-fisted Assad never quelled the Syrian rebels who came back to topple him

File photo: Syria's President Bashar al-Assad addresses the new members of parliament in Damascus, Syria in this handout released by SANA on August 12, 2020. SANA/Handout via REUTERS

Syria's Assad boosted by return to Arab fold

A general view shows the town of Majdal Shams near the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights March 25, 2019. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Israel says it will keep Golan as Assad's fortunes, US views shift

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad visit an Orthodox Christian cathedral in Damascus, Syria January 7, 2020. Photo: Reuters

Putin meets Assad, takes swipe at US and Turkish forces in Syria

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad speaks as he meets with the Syrian cabinet in Damascus, Syria in this handout picture released by Sana on March 30, 2021.Photo :Reuters

Syria's Assad asks PM Hussein Arnous to form new cabinet