QARDAHA, LATAKIA, Syria — There is a long, winding road leading to what was once the family home of ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad just outside Latakia on Syria's Mediterranean coast.
New Middle East correspondent Henry Bodkin talks to Venetia Rainey about his recent trip to Syria where he went out on the road with ruling party Hayat Tahrir al-Sham looking for former Assad ...
New Middle East correspondent Henry Bodkin talks to Venetia Rainey about his recent trip to Syria where he went out on the road with ruling party Hayat Tahrir al-Sham looking for former Assad regime ...
Washington had already eased sanctions on Syria following Assad's overthrow, with the EU widely expected to follow suit when it addresses the issue at its next foreign ministers' meeting on Monday.
But after an Islamist-led coalition toppled Assad in a lightning offensive last month, Rajab put previously banned foreign goods such as chocolate, biscuits and shampoo back on the shelf.
The EU started to impose asset freezes and travel bans on Syrian officials and organizations in 2011 in response to Bashar Assad’s crackdown on protesters, which festered into a civil war.
UN urges West to lift sanctions against post-Assad Syria 01/26/2025 January 26, 2025 The UN refugee agency says 200,000 Syrians have already returned home since the fall of Bashar Assad.
Last month, Islamist-led rebels captured the northern city in a lightning offensive, going on to take Damascus and toppling Assad, ending more than half a century of his family's oppressive rule.
Judges in France have reportedly issued a new arrest warrant against Syria's deposed leader Bashar al-Assad for alleged complicity in war crimes linked to a barrel bomb attack on civilians in 2017 ...
Assad’s myriad security forces were widely feared for tyrannical and predatory behavior, ranging from arrests of dissidents who ended up tortured or killed to demanding bribes to resolve minor ...
“So we’re going to slowly rebuild with our own hands.” Although Syrian President Bashar Assad was toppled last month in a lightning insurgency, the country’s dire economic conditions that ...
While frozen, these assets represent only a fraction of the £163 million linked to Assad’s inner circle. Their presence has reignited concerns over financial oversight in the UK and the ...