World Sep 01 850,000 Syrian refugees have returned home since Assad’s fall, UN says By Omar Sanadiki, Associated Press
World Jul 25 Top French court upholds some of Assad’s legal protections, but permits future war crime warrants France’s highest court on Friday upheld some of Syrian ex-leader Bashar Assad’s personal immunity as a head of state while green-lighting possible future war crime warrants, drawing criticism from human rights lawyers and Syrian activists. By Sam McNeil, Jeffrey Schaeffer, Associated Press
World May 30 Islamic State group claims first attack on Syrian government forces since Assad’s fall The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for two attacks in southern Syria, including one on government forces that an opposition war monitor described as the first on the Syrian army to be carried out by the extremists since the… By Bassem Mroue, Associated Press
World Mar 10 Syria’s worst violence in months reopens wounds of the country’s 13-year civil war The attack Thursday near the port city of Latakia reopened the wounds of the country’s 13-year civil war and sparked the worst violence Syria has seen since December, when insurgents led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS,… By Kareem Chehayeb, Associated Press
World Mar 08 More than 1,000 people in Syria have died in 2 days of clashes and revenge killings, monitors say The death toll from two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to more than 1,000, a war monitoring group said Saturday, making it one of… By Bassem Mroue, Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press
Mar 07 Clashes in Syria’s coastal region between Assad loyalists and government forces kill more than 70 By Omar Albam, Associated Press A war monitor says that clashes between Syrian security forces and gunmen loyal to former President Bashar Assad in the country's coastal region have left more than 70 people dead and the area outside government control. Continue reading
Dec 16 Assad says he had no plans to leave Syria, was evacuated by Russians By Associated Press Ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad says he had no plans to leave the country after the fall of Damascus a week ago but the Russian military evacuated him after their base in western Syria came under attack. Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch 8:36 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… Continue watching
Dec 09 Watch 5:31 Syria seeks to build functioning government after fall of autocratic Assad dynasty By Nick Schifrin After 13 brutal years of war, Syrians breathe free after the fall of the autocratic Assad dynasty. Bashar al-Assad and his family are now in Russia, which extended them asylum. The seizure of the nation by insurgents rocked the region… Continue watching
Dec 09 Watch 6:06 White House says future of Syrian people depends on ‘choices they make’ By Geoff Bennett, Stephanie Kotuby, Alexa Gold U.S. officials say they are closely monitoring the situation in Syria after the fall of the Assad regime. It could have widespread ramifications for the region and the world. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Principal Deputy National Security Advisor Jon… Continue watching