Akram Ojjeh built his fortune as a middleman for French arms sales to Saudi Arabia, up until his death in 1991. The legal ...

On August 31, 2013, as French warplanes were en route to Syria to launch a joint operation with the US against the regime of Bashar al-Assad, which had used chemical weapons against its own people, ...

The Syrian therapist who heals souls broken in Bashar al-Assad's prisons From her apartment in Damascus, Najwa Harba treats around 40 patients traumatized by their time in the jails of the former ...

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, weakened by sectarian violence, looks to rebuild ties with France The former jihadist, seeking to distance himself from his past, is set to meet Emmanuel Macron ...

Saudi Arabia was the main market for the drug, accessible via Jordanian territory. Assad, despite commitments made in 2023 to his Arab peers, did not end the lucrative trafficking to the Gulf.

More than 70 people were killed and dozens more wounded in Syria in fighting between government security forces and militants loyal to deposed ruler Bashar al-Assad, a war monitor said Friday ...

World Fall of Bashar al-Assad Bashar al-Assad's strategy of chaos By Benjamin Barthe Published on February 8, 2025, at 5:00 am (Paris), updated on February 8, 2025, at 9:56 am 7 min read Lire en ...

Eleven years ago, this defector from the Syrian military police risked his life to provide the first official evidence of torture on an industrial scale in the jails of President Bashar Al-Assad.

World Syria Hafez al-Assad's Syria: Forging a dynasty, at any price By Gilles Paris Published on February 7, 2025, at 4:00 am (Paris), updated on February 7, 2025, at 9:40 am 7 min read Lire en ...

The joy felt by the majority of Syrians since Bashar al-Assad's fall on December 8, 2024, has become tinged with concern. "We don't know what's coming," is the leitmotif now heard around Damascus.

France Issues Arrest Warrant Against Syria's Bashar Al-Assad: Report French judges have issued a second arrest warrant against the former Syrian leader, who was overthrown in early December 2024.

The deposed Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, is the target of a new arrest warrant for complicity in war crimes, issued on Tuesday, January 21, by two French judges from the crimes against ...