Is Syria the New Libya in the Mediterranean? Author: Nilantha Ilangamuwa Our Regular columnist, Nilantha Ilangamuwa'sAfter Assad: Is Syria the New Libya in the Mediterranean? is a compelling ...

Syria’s new government is searching for a senior official from the Assad dictatorship and for military forces loyal to the ...

Janine di Giovanni, a war reporter who covered Syria under Assad and has written two books on the subject, told The Post that Asma reportedly attempted to flee the country at the beginning of the ...

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Under Assad's long and oppressive rule even the slightest criticism could land a citizen in prison. Since the uprising against his regime began in 2011, some 157,000 people disappeared into Syria ...

SIMONA FOLTYN: Under Assad's rule, the sole purpose of the state was to protect those in power. Bureaucrats like Hala weren't given the authority or resources to serve the Syrian people.

DAMASCUS, Syria — The ... staircases were still under the plastic they came with, as were expensive-looking pieces of furniture, giving the impression that Assad had been planning to be in ...

People in Syria are looking for their relatives and friends in prisons, hospitals and morgues. The U.N. estimates over 100,00 ...

The U.N. estimates over 100,00 people have gone missing in Syria under the Assad regime ... His name is Abdullah Fadel and he translates books. He was a political prisoner from 1992 through ...