Every Monday and Friday for the rest of December we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2025, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it.From October: Over a few brutal days i…

Every Monday and Friday for the rest of December we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2025, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it.From October: Over a few brutal days i…

Residents say incursions and raids have increased since forces first entered country a year ago after fall of Assad On the day Bashar al-Assad’s regime fell, Abu Ibrahim and his family went to sleep wondering what sort of future awaited them in the mor…

On 8 December 2024, Islamist-led rebels took over the Syrian capital in a lightning offensive, sending President Bashar al-Assad fleeing and ending five decades of Ba’ath rule in SyriaA year after fall of Assad, a divided Syria struggles to escape cycl…

While country’s return to global stage has filled many Syrians with pride, domestically old grievances threaten efforts to rebuild the stateAnniversary of the fall of house of Assad in Syria – in picturesLying in bed recovering after his latest surgery…

The Damascus suburb became Assad’s killing field. But some of the perpetrators are still around – and even working with the new governmentAbu Mohammed still remembers the smell. It usually came at dawn, as the mosques sounded the first call to prayer. …

The Damascus suburb became Assad’s killing field. But some of the perpetrators are still around – and even working with the new governmentAbu Mohammed still remembers the smell. It usually came at dawn, as the mosques sounded the first call to prayer. …