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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...
A Syrian soldier’s story: Why Assad’s army didn’t fight for him
STORY: Just weeks ago, Farhan al-Khouli was manning a military outpost in Idlib, northern Syria, for Bashar al-Assad's army.The story of his desertion -...
Amid ashes of Assad family’s mausoleum, Syrian rebels vow to erase their legacy
By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Umit BektasQARDAHA, Syria (Reuters) - Now covered in ashes and empty bullet casings, the grand mausoleum of ousted Syrian President...
Russia transported Assad in ‘most secured way,’ Russian Deputy FM tells NBC News
(Reuters) - Russia transported Bashar al-Assad, who was ousted as Syria's president by a lightning rebel offensive, very securely to Russia, the country's deputy...
Fall of the House of Assad, with a billion-pound fortune and blood on their hands
He didn’t look like a dictator. Awkward and gangly, his mannerisms unassuming, at least until he opened his mouth, Bashar al-Assad exuded none of...