The fall of the regime brings to light the scheme by which Damascus produced 80% of this substance during the war. The rebel authorities are burning the pills, which they discovered in workshops and mansions during their lightning advance
Residents of Syrian villages near the occupied Golan Heights, where the Israeli army has now advanced, report that the military even fires on the population
Police, soldiers, and army officers who served under the old regime are registering with the new authorities to demonstrate their renunciation of the dictatorship
The country’s industrial capital, a religious melting pot and a strategic crossroads, is trying to rise from the devastation with which the regime punished this opposition stronghold
While there is cautious optimism among the communities in Aleppo, which have lived with HTS for longer, in the Damascus region there is wariness over the rise to power of an Islamist group, heir to the jihadism that attacked churches a decade ago
Residents of the main opposition stronghold in Damascus province, who have suffered from famine, chemical attacks, and brutal repression, are demanding punishment for the regime’s leaders
Authorities in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region warn that Ankara is preparing an offensive to occupy all the territory they control
After distancing itself from Al Qaeda, the militia spent years trying out an administration in Idlib province that set it apart from other rebel factions and which it is now partially transferring to the rest of the country
Hope for the future prevails over uncertainty in the southern city a week after the fall of the regime: ‘I am finally going to lay down my weapons to return to university after a decade of war’
The head of European diplomacy insists that now is not the time to talk about the recognition of the new Syrian government and asks the 27 for a common position on the return of refugees
Israeli forces have entered the Arab country for the first time in half a century to try to prevent the new authorities from using military capabilities against the Jewish State
The Sednaya military prison is filled with desperate people seeking news of their loved ones, clinging to the rumor that thousands of prisoners remain in underground cells
The Syrian National Council, the main opposition organization supported by Turkey, and Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, the fundamentalist group leading the offensive, are the predominant actors on which a possible transition period will fall
The weakening of Russia, Iran and Hezbollah has precipitated the downfall of the regime. The instability is spilling over into Iran, disrupting its nuclear plans, and into Yemen, near waters of great importance for trade
Bashar Assad’s government was widely deemed by the international community to be responsible for the Aug. 21, 2013, sarin gas attack in the suburb of Ghouta
Zonas controladas por los yihadistas y últimas acciones relevantes en Irak y Siria
