Hundreds of Syrians took part in the funeral procession of Syrian activist Mazen al-Hamada, whose body was found in Sednaya prison. The prison is known as a torture center of the ousted Assad regime. Hamada, a prominent activist during the Syrian revolution, was re-arrested after speaking to international investigators about the torture he end...
ANKARA (AA) – Following the fall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad regime, families who identified their loved ones in photographs taken by a whistleblower codenamed “Caesar” showing victims tortured to death by the regime hope that legal proceedings will ensure justice for the perpetrators. With the collapse of the tyrannical Ba’ath regi...
The White House has reaffirmed its commitment to locating American journalist Austin Tice. He has been missing in Syria since 2012. White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre emphasized that finding Tice is a “top priority” for the Biden administration. The U.S. is collaborating with Türkiye and other nations, though specifics re...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A pair of lawmakers in the House of Representatives urged the Biden administration Wednesday to implement a “deliberate and phased” lifting of sweeping sanctions on Syria after the end of Assad family rule. Reps. Joe Wilson and Brendan Boyle said in a letter to National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan that th...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Suheil Hamawi, a Lebanese national, has returned to his homeland after 33 years of inhumane imprisonment in Syria. The Bashar al-Assad regime operated numerous torture centers across the country referred to as “death hubs.” Following the regime’s collapse over the weekend and the opposition’s takeover, anti-re...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Kremlin says that Israel’s actions in Syria are unlikely to stabilize the situation amid its seizure of a demilitarized buffer zone in the occupied Golan Heights following the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime. “I have nothing to add to what has already been said. Of course, the strikes, the actions […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel claims it has destroyed as much as 80% of the military capabilities of Bashar al-Assad’s deposed regime. Army operations “have been completed, with 70-80% of Assad’s regime’s military capabilities destroyed,” according to Israeli Army Radio, which indicated that “350 Israeli warplanes carri...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AA) – Syrian refugees in Denmark should return to their home country now that conditions have changed following the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime, the Danish premier has said. Mette Frederiksen’s remarks came during the Prime Minister’s Question Time in response to a query from Inger Stojberg, chairman of ...
The infamous Sednaya Prison in Syria, a known center of human rights abuses under Bashar al-Assad’s regime, has seen a dramatic turn of events. Families, once torn apart, joyously reunited this week amid the fall of the government, as long-held detainees were released. The Syrian Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets, discovered previ...
The U.S. has defended Israel’s seizure of Syrian territory near the occupied Golan Heights. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller claims the takeover of a demilitarized buffer zone is a necessary defense measure against potential terrorist threats. Miller says the move is temporary to prevent a power vacuum in Syria that could attract terr...
