Syria
Sentences for a Massacre
A Syrian court has delivered its first verdicts over the March 2025 violence: a death sentence, a life term, an acquittal and 20 years for a soldier whose case file included a video of a kneeling man being shot.
Fuel for the Fire
Syria raised diesel prices 40% overnight, sparking protests in Idlib. Yet locals say they support the state nevertheless. While Syrians are struggling financially, the protests show that they are also exploring a new relationship with dissent.
Why Syria Is Training Women To Protect Its Tourists
Thousands of Syrian women signed up for a police force without knowing exactly why they were being recruited. Some were revolutionaries, some widows. One left a 2-month-old at home to train.
The Syrian War Many Wanted but Two Men Refused To Fight
Syria's president and the country's foremost Kurdish militia commander have defied expectations of a major military clash, overcoming years of discord to make peace against the odds.
The Buried Treasure Left Behind by the Islamic State
When the Islamic State sensed its imminent demise, it ordered regional commanders to bury cash and gold in underground locations, including at least three “central” burial sites, camouflaged and designed to safeguard against humidity and dust, an exclusive joint investigation shows.
Reviving Yazidi Rituals in the Ruins of Syria’s Afrin
Returning to Syria’s Afrin region after eight years, Yazidis are lighting candles at bulldozed shrines, honoring practices that kept their faith alive through genocides and a Turkish occupation.
How the Assad Regime Poisoned Former Rebels in Southern Syria
After Syria’s Daraa fell to regime forces in 2018, at least 24 people, including former rebel commanders, civilians and two children, were poisoned in assassination attempts tied to Assad's intelligence branches.