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Syria establishes constitutional committee

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.

Israeli Attacks in Syria

Kurds distance themselves from Syrian conference

A national conference was held on Tuesday in Damascus, which resulted in 18 points to rebuild Syria after the fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad. But Kurdish officials, from the country's semi-autonomous northern regions, say they were excluded from the event.

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.

Visit to Damascus in Pursuit of Syria's Chemical Weapons

A delegation from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) visits Syria's new leader, in yet another attempt to destroy chemical weapons believed to remain in the country.

He smuggled out the photos that prove Assad's crimes

He smuggled out tens of thousands of images of mutilated bodies, which were used as evidence of the Assad regime's crimes in Syria. Now the whistleblower "Caesar" steps forward – and reveals himself to be a former head of department for the military police in Damascus.

Russia in talks with Syrian government about bases

Russian diplomats met the new Syrian government in Damascus on Tuesday, the first official visit since the fall of the Assad regime. The talks concerned, among other things, the future of two Russian military bases in the country.