A French Cartoonist Draws a Window Into the Middle East
Riad Sattouf’s saga of his parents’ failed bicultural marriage, with its harsh depiction of life in rural Syria, has become a ...
The New Yorker1d
A Witness in Assad’s Dungeons
A few days after the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad fled into exile, in December, an elderly woman sat on the sidewalk ...
Prison Walls Reveal Last Messages of Assad's Detainees
Often mysterious, the graffiti preserves fragments of what the anonymous inmates were thinking as they faced torture and ...
The discovery of brutal mass graves in Syria reveals Assad's legacy of horror
Syria’s Civil Defense has uncovered over two dozen charred bodies in two basements in rural Damascus, adding to the growing ...
Graffiti left on walls of Assad's prisons expresses fears, loves of tormented Syrians
As you walk through the cold, dark cells of Assad's prisons, the graffiti on the walls cry out. They plead to God and yearn ...
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No Evidence Bashar al-Assad Was 'Poisoned' in 'Assassination Bid'
On Jan. 1, 2025, several media outlets including Newsweek and The Sun reported on a supposed poison attack on the exiled former president of Syria, Bashar al-Assad, who resides in Russia ...
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Has Assad Been Poisoned in Russia? What We Know
A Russian Telegram channel has claimed that Bashar al Assad may have been poisoned, sparking online speculation about the fate of the Syrian dictator after he fled to Moscow following his downfall.
The Sun27d
Exiled Syrian tyrant Bashar al-Assad ‘POISONED’ in ‘assassination bid’ which left him ‘struggling to breathe’
A POISONING attempt has been made on ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad, it has been claimed. The toppled Syrian tyrant has been under Vladimir Putin’s protection in Moscow since December 8 last year.