Syria’s new leadership faces allegations of mass killings, as Alawite communities endure field executions and mass ...
Assad's forces detained mothers and children and sent many of the youth to orphanages. Syrians whose children vanished during ...
Assad’s downfall would be a chance to come together and heal the wounds of the victims’ families. It was not to be. The ...
His family fled the Syrian capital to escape the repressive government of Hafez Assad. With the toppling of his son, Bashar Assad, in December and the end of Assad family rule, Hamra, his 77-year ...
Fierce fighting between Syrian security forces and gunmen loyal to deposed ruler Bashar al-Assad killed 48 people on Thursday ...
The late Hafez al-Assad, Bashar's father ... other Syrians - from poverty and repression under the rule of father and son. - Throughout their history, the Alawites have been persecuted.