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Joy, fear and confusion in Damascus

Los Angeles Times · 8h

Inside a Syrian prison in post-Assad Damascus

Foreign correspondent Nabih Bulos walks through the notorious Syrian military detention center Branch 215 in Damascus. The center first gained international infamy after a regime defector under the pseudonym of Caesar released tens of thousands of photos in 2014 of deceased prisoners tortured in its dungeons.

Hosted on MSN · 2d

Joy, fear and confusion in Damascus as Syrians welcome life after Assad

Rapturous celebrations in the streets of the capital were tempered by trepidation over whether the city’s new rebel caretakers could deliver a better future.

The Wall Street Journal on MSN · 1d

After Ousting Assad, Syrian Rebels Rush to Impose Order in Damascus

Rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani has moved to form a transitional government, get the buses running and turn the power back on.

Russia Pushed Assad to Flee Syria

Bloomberg L.P. · 1d

Russia Pushed Assad to Flee Syria After Concluding He’d Lost War

With Syrian opposition forces advancing rapidly toward the capital, Damascus, President Bashar al-Assad’s fate lay in Russia’s hands as his army melted away.

What Russia’s army in Syria stands to lose after fall of Assad

The Kremlin confirmed on Dec. 11 that longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad had fled to Moscow after rebels took the capital city of Damascus in a lightning offensive that shocked the world. Assad’s exile in Russia comes as little surprise.

Daily Wrap on MSN · 8h

Syrian collapse: Russian retreat and Assad's hidden escape

Russian authorities convinced Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad that he would not win the war and should evacuate, Bloomberg reported. Russian special services facilitated a safe escape to Moscow. According to Bloomberg,

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Assad’s collapse triggers race to find missing chemical weapons

The Assad regime hid tons of deadly nerve agents from inspectors. With Syria in chaos, finding out what happened to the ...

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Donald Trump Sends Message to Putin As Assad Flees Damascus

The president-elect claimed Russia is in a "weakened state" due to the Ukraine conflict and urged Putin to negotiate.

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'Rat of Damascus' Assad fled to Moscow, says Lammy, as Putin hit by 'strategic political defeat' in Syria

Bashar al-Assad was branded the "rat of Damascus" after fleeing to Moscow as his brutal regime collapsed. Foreign Secretary ...

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Syrian rebels capture Damascus as President Assad flees the country

We declare the city of Damascus free from the tyrant Bashar al-Assad,” a rebel leader said on WhatsApp. “To the displaced ...

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Rebels Declare Damascus Free of al-Assad

After just a few days of rapid advances, the rebels appeared to control Syria’s capital. They said they would work with a top ...

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Gunfire heard in Damascus days after fall of Assad’s government

Gunfire could be heard early Tuesday morning near Ummayyad Square in central Damascus, days after rebels took the city and ...

Mediaite on MSN1h

Fox’s Trey Yingst Reports On Horrors of Assad’s Torture Chambers: ‘Hell On Earth Is An Understatement’

Trey Yingst reported from Syria where hundreds of families are desperately searching for families "disappeared" by the fallen ...

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Syria's new leadership blames Assad for anguish of Austin Tice's family as search continues

We hold Bashar al-Assad and his criminal regime accountable for the consequences of Austin’s disappearance and the pain ...

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