Qardaha
Syria’s New Power Brokers
A year on from Assad's fall, the areas that formed the backbone of the armed revolution, above all Halfaya and rural Idlib, have become the primary recruiting ground for Syria's new ruling elite.
The Home of Tyrants
The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime ignited a dramatic act of defiance in his hometown, Qardaha, where locals burned an Assad family mausoleum, revealing complex feelings of anger and betrayal that go beyond politics.