Scrawled on walls of Assad’s prisons, graffiti express fears, loves of tormented Syrians
Languishing in a dungeon cell of Syria’s then-ruler Bashar Assad, an unknown prisoner scrawled a verse of Arabic poetry on ...
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 ...
UN human rights chief calls for lifting Western sanctions on Syria as country rebuilds after Assad
The United Nations human rights chief has called for the lifting of Western sanctions imposed on Syria over its yearslong ...
Syrians celebrate a month since Assad’s overthrow with revolutionary songs in Damascus
A packed concert hall in Damascus came alive this week with cheers as Wasfi Maasarani, a renowned singer and symbol of the ...
Exclusive: Syria's new central bank chief vows to boost bank independence post Assad
Syria's new central bank governor, Maysaa Sabreen, said she wants to boost the institution's independence over monetary ...
Across Africa, Russia is growing in influence. What might Moscow want?
Reliance on Russia’s military offerings has become increasingly prevalent in parts of Africa, amid an aggressive push by ...
A train station was once the pride of Syria's capital. Some see it as a symbol of revival after war
A train station in Damascus was once the pride of the Syrian capital, an essential link between Europe and the Arabian Peninsula during the Ottoman Empire and then a national transit hub ...
AP PHOTOS: Scrawled on walls of Assad's prisons, graffiti express fears, loves of tormented Syrians
Languishing in a dungeon cell of Syria’s then-ruler Bashar Assad, surrounded by death and torture, an unknown prisoner ...