Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. It was exactly a week after the Assad regime fell in Syria last ...
On December 8 2024, Syrians woke to a transformed nation as opposition forces seized Damascus, toppling President Bashar al-Assad after 24 years in power. The dramatic development marks the conclusion ...
As many in Syria celebrated the end of the long rule of Bashar al-Assad, rumors swirled about his whereabouts. The mystery didn’t last long though, as Russian state media announced Sunday night he had ...
We go live to Damascus for the first time since the fall of longtime authoritarian President Bashar al-Assad, where the country’s populace is still reeling from the power struggle that forcibly ...
Israel carried out multiple airstrikes on the outskirts of Syria’s capital of Damascus, Syrian state media said, denting efforts to ease tensions between the neighboring countries. The attacks on ...