Bashar al-Assad
Turkey’s rapprochement with Syria leaves regional refugees fearful
Erdoğan is no longer seeking the ousting of Assad, alarming Syrians across the opposition and Kurdish exiles who fear being forcibly returned
Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent
23, Aug, 2022 @11:41 AM
Question of what now for Syria remains as vexed as ever
Analysis: while diplomatic efforts continue over Ukraine, Syria risks becoming entrenched as the conflict that was
Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent
19, Jul, 2022 @5:07 PM
Syria’s barrel bomb experts in Russia to help with potential Ukraine campaign
Over 50 specialists skilled in delivering crude explosive working with Vladimir Putin’s forces, intelligence sources believe
Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent
22, May, 2022 @10:59 AM
Massacre in Tadamon: how two academics hunted down a Syrian war criminal
After a rookie militiaman secretly watched a video of 41 people being brutally killed, he knew he had to get the horrific images to the outside world
Martin Chulov, Middle East correspondent
27, Apr, 2022 @1:00 AM
Syria’s $1.5bn seizure of protesters’ property ‘akin to scare tactic’
Human rights group accuses Assad regime of profiting from detainees forced to sign away their rights, some while blindfolded
Ruth Michaelson
08, Apr, 2022 @6:15 AM
‘It’s a kind of revenge’: Damascus suburb demolished as Assad builds a ‘new Syria’
Investigation reveals former rebel-held areas are being levelled under the guise of mine clearance to make way for high-end developments – leaving refugees nothing to return to
Kaamil Ahmed, Mais Katt, Mohammad Bassiki and Bashar Deeb
23, Mar, 2022 @3:00 PM
Syria using maze of shell companies to avoid sanctions on Assad regime’s elite
Exclusive: documents seen by the Guardian prove Assad minister’s boast that evading financial sanctions has ‘become a Syrian craft’
Tessa Fox and Karam Shaar
22, Mar, 2022 @7:30 AM
Syrians join Russian ranks in Ukraine as Putin calls in Assad’s debt
Analysis: Safe in his palace, Syrian leader appears to have given Moscow carte blanche to airlift his army
Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent
18, Mar, 2022 @2:47 PM
Russia’s ‘warning’ of Ukraine’s biological weapons sounds just like Syria
Analysis: Putin used the same false justification for brutal bombings in Syria, in the glare of western media
Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent
09, Mar, 2022 @7:28 PM
Assad regime’s grip on aid agencies in Syria must be addressed, says report
Resurgent Syria government forces control distribution and one militia has contract to rebuild city it destroyed, claims thinktank
Tessa Fox
14, Feb, 2022 @6:15 AM
‘We thought we’d die’ – after their treacherous journeys, what awaits the refugees landing on British beaches?
Many of the thousands of people who attempt the deadly Channel crossing in tiny boats land in towns like Folkestone. Local resident James Harkin meets some on the shore
James Harkin
05, Feb, 2022 @7:00 AM
Syrian survivors cling to hope Raslan case will mark end of regime’s impunity
Analysis: sentencing of former colonel to life by German court may not be last chink in Assad’s armour
Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent
14, Jan, 2022 @5:00 AM
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