Syria arrests Assad relative tied to $2 billion Captagon empire

Authorities say Namir Badi’ Assad was seized in Al-Qardaha with alleged partners as part of a wider post-regime crackdown on ...

Months after fall of Assad, families of Syria's missing still seeking justice

Some are only now coming forward with accounts of loved ones who disappeared during the civil war and are presumed dead.

Assad-era conspiracy to hide thousands of dead turned Syria’s remote desert into a mass grave

For two years, Syria’s Assad government secretly trucked thousands of bodies from an exposed mass grave to the desert, trying ...

The Vanishing Act: How Assad’s Top Henchmen Fled Syria, and Justice

As Syria’s regime collapsed, the world’s eyes were on Bashar al-Assad’s getaway flight. Behind him, officials key to his ...

Syria holds first elections since Assad’s ouster, marking a cautious step in political transition

Syria has held its first parliamentary elections since Bashar Assad was ousted nearly a year ago. The People's Assembly will ...

Exposed: Syria’s Assad government secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings

For 2 years, dictator's military ordered bodies moved from a known mass grave to secret desert location; witness accounts ...

Assad-era plot to hide thousands of Syria's dead turned desert into a mass grave

There was no mistaking the reek of death that rose along the Syrian Desert highway four nights a week for nearly two years.

Iraq keeping a small contingent of US military advisers due to IS threat in Syria

Iraq’s prime minister says a small group of U.S. military advisers will stay in the country to coordinate with U.S. forces in ...

Abandoned Mansions and Facebook Photos: Reporting on the Top Officials Who Fled Syria

New York Times reporters compiled a wide array of clues to uncover what happened to Bashar al-Assad’s key enforcers after the ...