After decades in exile, Syria’s Jews visit Damascus
Damascus, Syria Reuters For the first time in three decades, Rabbi Joseph Hamra and his son Henry read from a Torah scroll in a synagogue in the heart of Syria’s capital Damascus, carefully passing their thumbs over the handwritten text as if still in awe they were back home. The father and son fled Syria […]
Essay: Syria’s mass graves – accounting for the dead and disappeared is crucial for the nation to heal
In an article first published on The Conversation, STEFAN SCHMITT, an expert in forensic anthropology and mass casualties in conflict, says the task of seeking justice for the crimes Syrians suffered under Bashar al-Assad’s regime will be tough, but vital, work…
Syrian mass graves expose “machinery of death” under Assad, top prosecutor says
Qutayfah, Syria Reuters An international war crimes prosecutor said on Tuesday that evidence emerging from mass grave sites in Syria has exposed a state-run “machinery of death” under toppled leader Bashar al-Assad in which he estimated more than 100,000 people were tortured and murdered since 2013. A drone view shows the site of a mass […]
American pilgrim imprisoned in Assad’s Syria calls his release from prison a “blessing”
Damascus, Syria AP An American who disappeared seven months ago into former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s notorious prison system said early Friday he was released by the “liberators” who arrived in Damascus a day after the longtime ruler fled the capital. Travis Timmerman called his release a “blessing” when he spoke to The Associated Press […]
Syria’s new authorities say they’ve secured the release of an American pilgrim imprisoned by Assad
Updated: 11:15am (AEDT) Damascus, Syria AP An American citizen who disappeared seven months ago into former Syrian President Bashar Assad’s notorious prison system was suddenly discovered Thursday outside Damascus after being released and handed over to rebel forces, Syria’s new authorities said. The political affairs office of the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the rebel group that […]