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World Dec 27

Syria’s new rulers try to contain growing tensions involving Assad loyalists

By Simona Foltyn

World Dec 26

Fighter, loyal to Syria's new ruling administration, holds a box containing according to them, captagon pills, on the outs...
Watch 8:31
How the Assad regime made billions producing and exporting party drugs

Now that the Assad regime in Syria has fallen, the full scale of that government’s production and distribution of illicit drugs is coming to light. Leila Molana-Allen reports from the drug factories in Syria.

By Leila Molana-Allen, Abdul Razzaq Al-Shami

World Dec 18

Fighters of the ruling Syrian body steps on a Syrian flag under Bashar al-Assad rule in Aleppo
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Amid new freedoms, Syrians face horrors at site of Assad’s 2013 chemical weapons attack

Syrians are celebrating their hard-won freedoms throughout the nation, but that joy is tempered by the absence of so many imprisoned and never heard from again. In some ways, Syria is a land of ghosts, and the job of speaking…

By Leila Molana-Allen, Eric O'Connor

World Dec 18

Fighters of the ruling Syrian body inspect the site of a mass grave from the rule of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Najha
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Syrians attempt to uncover fate of thousands detained and feared murdered under Assad

As we learn more about the atrocities committed by the Assad regime, investigations are underway at sites across that country. Authorities and relatives are trying to uncover the fate of the many thousands detained and feared murdered during Assad's rule.

By Simona Foltyn

World Dec 16

People damage a statue of the late Syria's President Hafez al-Assad, father of Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus
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City that fostered Syria’s uprising celebrates life without Assad

In 2011, as the Arab Spring took hold across the Middle East, the seeds of Syria's revolution were sown by students and young people in the city of Daraa. Special correspondent Simona Foltyn reports on how the city that fostered…

By Simona Foltyn

Dec 16

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Syria’s rebel leaders face critical decisions as they chart new path for the country

By Leila Molana-Allen, Dan Sagalyn

For the first time since he fled the country he ruled with an iron fist and a willingness to kill his own people to hold power, Bashar al-Assad was heard from. In a statement from exile in Moscow, Assad claimed…

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Dec 15

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Syrians begin piecing their lives back together a week after rebels overthrow Assad

By John Yang, Leila Molana-Allen, Andrew Corkery

Signs of normalcy are starting to return a week after life inside Syria was upended as rebels toppled President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. As the country’s new leaders begin to chart a path forward, the UN envoy to Syria called for…

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Dec 14

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Search continues for missing Syrians imprisoned by Assad regime

By Simona Foltyn, John Yang, Kaisha Young

Under the Assad regime, hundreds of thousands of Syrians were swept up by the government’s security apparatus, never to be seen again. Special correspondent Simona Foltyn gained access to one of the intelligence branches that orchestrated that brutal oppression and…

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Dec 12

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Daily life in Syria begins to return as new leaders work on building a functioning nation

By Simona Foltyn

Days after Bashar al-Assad’s overthrow, Syria's capital appears to be functioning. Streets are getting busier by the day and shops and government institutions are slowly returning to work. Apart from the joy and relief, the mundane but vital work of…

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Dec 12

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Freed Syrian prisoners describe the horrors they faced under Assad

By Leila Molana-Allen, Eric O'Connor, Sonia Kopelev

The Assad legacy is one of horror with hundreds of thousands dead and millions displaced or in exile. Perhaps nothing illustrates the depths of the depravity more than the archipelago of prisons and torture centers where tens of thousands were…

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