Israel paves way for strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities after taking out Assad’s army
Israel has paved the way for a decisive strike against Iran’s nuclear programme by eliminating swathes of Syria’s military ...
How Assad's army collapsed in Syria: demoralised conscripts, absent allies
Twenty-three-year-old Syrian military conscript Farhan al-Khouli was badly paid and demoralized. His army outpost in ...
A Syrian soldier's story: Why Assad's army didn't fight for him
STORY: Just weeks ago, Farhan al-Khouli was manning a military outpost in Idlib, northern Syria, for Bashar al-Assad's ...
Demoralised and abandoned by allies: why Assad’s army failed to fight in Syria
Twenty-three-year-old Syrian military conscript Farhan al-Khouli was badly paid and demoralized. For years, the Islamist ...
Misled army with promises of Russian aid: Assad’s final hours in Syria before rebel takeover
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad secretly fled the country as rebel forces closed in on Damascus, ending his family's 50-year ...
Photos show how Israeli airstrikes wiped out remnants of Assad's military in Syria
Israel destroyed Syrian military aircraft, warships, and weapons facilities to stop rebel groups from using them after the ...
A diminished Hezbollah is made even weaker by the toppling of Assad in Syria
A severely hobbled Hezbollah was in no position to help defend former Syrian President Bashar Assad, a longtime ally, from ...
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A week after Assad's fall, Syria faced with brutal legacy
A week after a lightning offensive toppled longtime leader Bashar al-Assad, Syrians are only beginning to scratch the surface ...
Inside Assad’s secret police headquarters: Reporter's notebook
Much of the evidence of Assad’s crimes is lost, but in one room saved from a fire, we got a glimpse into the system of fear.
The Assad regime ruled Syria for 50 years. Here’s how it fell in less than two weeks
After less than two weeks of fighting across Syria’s northwest, rebel groups swiftly seized control of the capital. Their ...