The mainly Druze residents of the Syrian city of Sweida had hoped the arrival of government forces on Tuesday would spell an end to deadly sectarian clashes with local Bedouin tribes.Instead they spoke of executions,

Assad’s most-notorious death factory, the hangings had become routine. Once a month, around midnight, the guards at Saydnaya Prison would call the names of the condemned, usually dozens at a time. They wrapped nooses around their necks,

More than 7,000 Syrian asylum seekers in the UK face renewed uncertainty as Home Office reopens cases following regime change

Assad’s most-notorious death factory, the hangings had become routine. Once a month, around midnight, the guards at Sednaya prison would call the names of the condemned, usually dozens at a time. They wrapped nooses around their necks,

Seven months after the fall of Syria's former president Bashar al-Assad, FRANCE 24’s Wassim Nasr gained access to sites across the war-ravaged nation, some of which have long been inaccessible to journalists.

They were on opposite sides during Syria's civil war and now must do lifesaving work together. A makeshift brick wall divides them in their Damascus fire station. The psychological wall is higher.