Tag: Bashar al-Assad
Browse our exclusive articles!
Exclusive-Syria retains 26 tons of gold reserves after Assad’s fall – sources
By Timour Azhari DAMASCUS (Reuters) - The vault of Syria's central bank holds nearly 26 tons of gold, the same...
Damascus students say ‘finally feel free’ after Assad’s ouster
Hundreds of students at Damascus University trampled on a statue of one of Syria's former rulers on Sunday, expressing jubilation as they returned to...
Syrians explore Assad family’s massive summer resort for first time
By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Umit BektasLATAKIA, Syria (Reuters) - Syrian cyclist Bassel Soufi rode his bike 40 km (25 miles) from the northwestern city...
Discovery of vast Syrian drug lab reveals secrets of illicit captagon trade
DOUMA, Syria - The industrial-scale drug lab sat just up a hill from a main road on the western edge of Damascus, the city that was the seat...
Assad’s final hours in Syria: Deception, despair and flight
By Samia Nakhoul, Maya Gebeily, Parisa Hafezi and Suleiman Al-KhalidiDUBAI (Reuters) - Bashar al-Assad confided in almost no one about his plans to flee...