This is Beirut, 12:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
At a Damascus airbase once off-limits under Bashar al-Assad, a crew now films a TV series about the final months of the ousted leader's rule as seen through the eyes of a Syrian family. "It's hard to believe we're filming here," director Mohamad Abdul Aziz said from the Mazzeh base, which was once also a detention center run by Assad's air force ...
Assaad Bechara , 2024-12-11 16:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syria Saydnaya prison torture Bashar al-Assad
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime embodies the worst a tyrannical regime can inflict on its people. The only hope for Syrians lies in achieving justice and holding those responsible accountable to ensure that such tragedies are not repeated in the future, and to organize a peaceful power transition to close this long, dark chapter in ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-09 14:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Syrian rescuers searched a jail synonymous with the worst atrocities of ousted president Bashar al-Assad's rule, as people in the capital flocked to a central square Monday to celebrate their country's freedom. Assad fled the country as Islamist-led rebels swept into the capital, bringing to a spectacular end on Sunday five decades of ...