Syria’s White Helmets made a grim discovery in Damascus, uncovering 21 bodies and other remains at a site near the Sayyida Zeinab shrine. The location had a morgue and kitchen.
UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen has warned that Israeli attacks inside Syria are undermining the country as its tries to rebuild after the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has confirmed the Biden administration is in direct contact with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the armed Syrian opposition group – designated a ‘foreign terrorist organisation’ by the US – that overthrew Bashar al-Assad. Blinken made this statement at a news conference in Jordan where regional and Western diplomats met to discuss Syria’s future.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced stop in Baghdad to discuss Syria and ISIL with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani. It was the final stop of his Middle East tour after the fall of the Assad regime in Syria.
Reports of former regime officials being executed in Syria have to be understood in the context of what Bashar al-Assad’s government did to Syrians says one campaigner, following videos of crowds gathering to watch public hangings.
Associate Professor Alexey Muraviev talks about what Russia’s next move may look like, to maintain its military presence in Syria, now that opposition forces have ousted the Assad government.
Life in Syria’s capital is beginning to return to normal, days after opposition fighters took over Damascus. Shops and banks are reopening and the new administration has installed a police chief. Al Jazeera’s Resul Serdar reports from Damascus, Syria. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Syria #SyriaWar #SyriaCivilWar #BasharAlAssad #FreeSyria #SyriaIsFree #AssadHasFallen #AssadRegimeFalls #SyriaWar #SyriaConflict #Damascus #AlJazeeraEnglish
Syrians have found a network of tunnels under the presidential palace of deposed president Bashar al-Assad. They say Assad’s family stole the country’s wealth, while millions of Syrians lived without basic services.