War on the Rocks

Syria’s Post-Assad Pulse Check

In December 2024, forces led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham defeated Assad regime forces, leading to the regime’s collapse and raising hopes for an end to Syria’s brutal civil war. Since then, President ...
WBUR

Millions of Syrian refugees have returned home after the fall of the Assad regime

More than 3 million Syrian refugees have returned to Syria since the ousting of the Assad regime in December 2024. But after 50 years of the Assad dynasty's repressive reign and nearly 14 years of ...
New York Post

Syria’s Rifaat al-Assad, the ‘butcher of Hama’, dies at 88

Rifaat al-Assad, the brother of the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad known by critics as the “butcher of Hama” for crushing an Islamist uprising in the city in 1982 before unsuccessfully ...
Boston Herald

High school hockey notebook: Communities remember popular coach Ken Assad

Back in 2008, Milton girls hockey head coach Matt Lodi got a coaching gig with Natick’s boys junior varsity program. It was his introduction to coaching high school athletics. And from year to year ...
The Hill

Justice is finally within reach for victims of Syria’s chemical weapons attacks

The quest for justice for the victims and survivors of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s use of chemical weapons has reached a turning point. The fall of the Assad regime in December 2024 ...
Los Angeles Times

Syria begins circulating new post-Assad currency bills

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria started the process of circulating new currency bills on Saturday as the crisis-hit nation ...
The New York Times

How the Assad Regime Covered Up Its Crimes: Key Takeaways

We documented how the dictator Bashar al-Assad and his henchmen conspired to hide evidence of torture and deaths of detainees during Syria’s long civil war. By Christina Goldbaum Reporting from ...
The Boston Globe

King Philip girls’ hockey coach Ken Assad dies at age 60

Ken Assad, a state champion on the ice at Franklin High as a star player and later as an assistant coach, who steered the King Philip girls’ hockey program to its first Hockomock League title last ...
The New York Times

For Fallen Syrian Dictator Assad and Family, an Exile of Luxury and Impunity

Bashar al-Assad’s long, brutal reign ended swiftly, but he and his close circle have had a soft landing in Russia. Credit...Aaron Byrd Supported by By Erika Solomon Christiaan Triebert Haley Willis ...
The Sun Chronicle

King Philip girls hockey coach Ken Assad dead at 60

King Philip Regional High girls hockey coach Ken Assad died unexpectedly on Sunday morning. He was 60 years old. Assad, who led the Warriors since 2019, oversaw the program’s first-ever Hockomock ...
Newsweek

Shunned by Putin, Syria’s Ex-Dictator Lives in Isolation

Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is living in near-isolation in Russia, sidelined by President Vladimir Putin, one year after fleeing Syria following the collapse of his rule, according to a ...