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After the Civil War – People Are Fleeing Syria Again

Is Syria on its way to falling back into civil war – just a few months after the Assad regime's fall? In just a few days, over 1,300 people were killed along the Syrian Mediterranean coast, mainly Alawites and Christians. Many are now terrified and have fled the country.

After the Civil War – People Are Fleeing Syria Again

Swedish police can nail Assad's torturers

A landslide of testimonies is expected to come from Syrians in Sweden who have been victims of crimes in their home country, but who previously did not dare to testify due to fear of the former dictator Bashar al-Assad's reprisals. But even their perpetrators are believed to be here in Sweden.

Swedish police can nail Assad's torturers

Swedish police can nail Assad's torturers

A landslide of testimonies is expected to come from Syrians in Sweden who have been subjected to crimes in their home country, but who previously did not dare to testify due to fear of the former dictator Bashar al-Assad's reprisals. But even their perpetrators are believed to be here in Sweden.

Swedish police can nail Assad's torturers

Syrians want to go home – but uncertainty is great

Hundreds of thousands of Syrians on the run may return home in the coming months, according to the UN. But for this to happen, political stability and reconstruction of the country are required, says Annika Sandlund at UNHCR.

Syrians want to go home – but uncertainty is great

Investigator: Not seen anything like it since the Nazis

Tens of thousands of Syrians are believed to have been executed, tortured or starved to death in Assad's regime's notorious prisons. For the relatives, the wait for answers is unbearable.

Investigator: Not seen anything like it since the Nazis

So the attack that toppled Assad was planned

For several years, the Islamist movement HTS planned how they would overthrow the Assad regime. The only thing they were waiting for was the right moment, according to the military chief Abu Hassan al-Hamwi.

So the attack that toppled Assad was planned

Batoul: Savoring the Freedom We've Always Dreamed Of

The news spreads like wildfire: Bashar al-Assad has fled the country – the regime has fallen. Batoul Ward cannot believe it.

Batoul: Savoring the Freedom We've Always Dreamed Of

Syria's new government: Come home – everyone is welcome

All religious communities will be allowed to exist and operate in Syria, promises the country's new government in a charm offensive. Syrians who fled the bloody war are being urged to return and participate in the reconstruction.

Syria's new government: Come home – everyone is welcome

Syrians: Didn't dare to talk for 55 years – not even at home

Syrians wake up from a nightmare that has lasted half a century. In many places, people are going out of their houses to celebrate that the al-Assad family's regime is over.

Syrians: Didn't dare to talk for 55 years – not even at home

Rebels in Damascus suburbs – the dictator is invisible

Islamic rebel forces have reached the Damascus suburbs in the offensive whose goal is to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad's regime. At the same time, the dictator has not been seen, but his office denies that he has fled the capital.

Rebels in Damascus suburbs – the dictator is invisible