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January 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM

Syrians celebrate month since Assad’s overthrow with revolutionary songs in Damascus

A packed concert hall in Damascus came alive this week with cheers as Wasfi Maasarani, a renowned singer and symbol of the Syrian uprising, performed in celebration of “Syria’s victory.”
January 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
January 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM

First commercial flight since the fall of Assad lands in Syria's capital

The first international commercial flight since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad has landed Tuesday at the Damascus airport arriving from Qatar
January 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM
December 30, 2024 at 7:16 AM

Now Syria's long-ruling Baath party is collapsing, too

Syria's long-ruling Baath party has frozen its activities after insurgents overthrew President Bashar Assad weeks ago
December 30, 2024 at 7:16 AM
December 29, 2024 at 4:46 PM

Israeli airstrike near Syrian capital kills 11, war monitor says

A war monitor in Syria says an Israeli airstrike in the outskirts of Damascus has killed at least 11 people as Israel continues to target Syrian weapons and military infrastructure even after the ouster of former President Bashar Assad
December 29, 2024 at 4:46 PM
December 24, 2024 at 6:02 PM

Advocacy group working to find Americans missing in Syria

Mouaz Moustafa, the executive director of the Syrian Emergency Task Force, provides an update on the work being done to find missing Americans in Syria.
December 24, 2024 at 6:02 PM
December 20, 2024 at 8:41 PM

Abu Yusif dead: US officials announce ISIS leader killed in airstrike

U.S. officials announced they conducted an airstrike on Syrian soil that killed two ISIS members, including a top official.
December 20, 2024 at 8:41 PM
December 20, 2024 at 3:16 PM

US delegation visits Syria to 'meet with representatives of HTS'

Senior U.S. officials are in Syria for the first time since Bashar al-Assad fled Damascus, the State Department announced Thursday evening. ABC News’ Marcus Moore reports.
December 20, 2024 at 3:16 PM
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Israel launching more strikes on Syria 'a real concern'

Kings College London’s ICSR Associate Fellow Broderick McDonald says further fighting in the region will allow ISIS to "expands its operations and ramp up attacks."
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Syrians uncovering 'massive' graves could find 100,000 bodies, NGO says

Mouaz Moustafa, the head of the Syrian Emergency Task Force, told ABC News there are believed to be well over 100,000 bodies in a "massive" grave outside Damascus. ABC News' Marcus Moore reports.
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Syrians uncovering 'massive' graves could find 100,000 bodies, NGO says

Mouaz Moustafa, the head of the Syrian Emergency Task Force, told ABC News there are believed to be well over 100,000 bodies in a "massive" grave outside Damascus.
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Syria's Assad blames 'terrorism' for regime loss

Former Syrian President Bashar Assad on Monday made his first official statement since being topped by a rebel offensive and fleeing the country for Russia.
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Syria's Assad blames 'terrorism' for regime collapse

Ofir Akunis, the consul general of Israel in New York, says Israel doesn’t wants a new terror organization to replace former Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime.
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Syria's Assad blames 'terrorism' for regime collapse in first statement since defeat

Former Syrian President Bashar Assad on Monday made his first official statement since being topped by a rebel offensive and fleeing the country for Russia.
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Israel ramps up assault in Syria

ABC News' chief international correspondent James Longman reports from Damascus as Israeli military forces target weapon facilities and air defenses in Syria.
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Post-Assad Syria begins to take shape after 50-year reign ends

ABC News’ James Longman reports on the latest developments in Syria.
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Top diplomats from US and Middle East gather to discuss Syria

The rebel group that led the overthrow of Bashar Assad’s regime, known as HTS, is still considered a terrorist organization by the U.S.
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American Travis Timmerman on his way home

U.S. military is flying the former captive out of Syria after months in captivity.
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Inside Assad’s secret police headquarters: Reporter's notebook

Much of the evidence of Assad’s crimes is lost, but in one room saved from a fire, we got a glimpse into the system of fear.
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American freed and returning home after 7 months in Syrian prison

Travis Timmerman, the American who was freed after seven months in a Syrian prison, is on his way home after being flown out of the country on a U.S. military helicopter. 
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How Syria's dictator funded a regime of terror

ABC's James Longman explores a warehouse filled with illicit drugs that financed Bashar Assad's regime and goes inside the secret headquarters of a notorious division of the Syrian intelligence.
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How rebel groups in Syria brought down the regime

ABC News’ Phil Lipof speaks with Kings College London’s ICSR Associate Fellow Broderick McDonald about the fall of Syria’s regime and what the new leaders could look like moving forward.
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American flown out of Syria, now in US military custody

The exchange took place at the remote U.S. base in southeastern Syria known as At Tanf garrison, close to the border with Jordan.
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Did the synthetic stimulant Captagon help lead to Assad regime’s downfall in Syria?

Captagon trade under the Assad regime generated billions annually for Syria, according to a 2023 study by the nonprofit Observatory of Political and Economic Networks.
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UNICEF official on humanitarian aid needed for Syria

UNICEF official Salim Oweis discusses the needs on the ground in Syria for civilians and children following the collapse of the al-Assad regime.
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Parents of missing American found in Syria speak out

The parents of Travis Timmerman recall those first moments they heard he was found alive and safe in Syria.
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Inside Syria's notorious Saydnaya prison

ABC News Chief Foreign Correspondent James Longman reports at Saydnaya prison, where Syrians are searching for their lost loved ones.
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Iran the ‘big loser’ with changing Syria: International security expert

Emily Harding of the Center for Strategic and International Studies discusses what Syria’s shift in power means for the Middle East.
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Austin Tice's parents reveal how the family coped for the last 12 years

The parents of Austin Tice spoke out in an interview with ABC News as the U.S. works to uncover their son’s whereabouts after the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria.
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Famous Syrian activist Mazen Al-Hamada found dead in Saydnaya

Al-Hamada travelled the world to share his testimony on the horrors of Assad's regime that he experienced in prison.
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US believes circulating video could show missing American, officials say

The U.S. said it believes a person seen in a video circulating online could be Travis Pete Timmerman, an American who went missing from Hungary earlier in the year.
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Inside Syria’s fallen regime

ABC News’ James Longman reports on the fall of the Assad regime and gets up close look inside Assad’s former palace, personal home and infamous prison.
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Missing American believed to be found in Syria

Plus, Donald Trump was named Time’s Person of the Year. Our panel weighs in on the latest headlines.
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Missing American found alive wandering barefoot in Syria

After seven months in captivity, Travis Timmerman was found wandering barefoot on Monday morning. He's one of thousands freed from prisons since rebel forces ousted the ruthless dictator Bashar Assad.
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How Syrian rebels took down Bashar al-Assad

The armed Islamist faction Hayat Tahrir al-Sham led a revolution toppling Syria's former president, and forcing him to resign and flee to Moscow.
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US believes circulating video could show missing American, officials say

The U.S. believes an individual seen in a video circulating online could be Travis Pete Timmerman, an American who went missing from Hungary earlier in the year.
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'We are all angry': Syrian doctor describes bodies from prisons showing torture

Family members and friends of thousands of missing Syrians are continuing their search for those disappeared by former President Bashar Assad's regime.
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Syrian families search for their missing; American found near Damascus

ABC News' Marcus Moore reports on the thousands of families in Syria searching for their loved ones who vanished under Assad's regime.
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Iran's leader blames US, Israel for Assad's fall, shifts tone toward Syrian groups

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a speech Wednesday that the U.S. and Israel were behind the fall of former President Bashar Assad.
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Syrian families look for loved ones after fall of Bashar Assad

ABC News’ James Longman reports on families’ frenzied search for loved ones who vanished under Assad’s brutal regime.
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US sent Austin Tice 'message' to Syria's HTS rebels emptying Assad prisons

The U.S. is communicating with rebel groups inside Syria amid the search for missing American journalist Austin Tice, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said.
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Families desperately searching for missing loved ones across Syria

Syrians have been searching for their loved ones who vanished under the brutal Assad regime, as leaders of the new government vow to go after former top officials.
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The threats of a post-Assad Syria in the region

Sinam Sherkany Mohamad, the Syrian Democratic Council's representative to the U.S., discusses the escalating fighting between U.S.-backed Kurds and rebel groups supported by Turkey.
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Inside Assad’s abandoned palace in Syria

ABC News’ James Longman steps inside the ransacked and looted palace in Damascus after rebel forces toppled Bashar Assad’s regime.
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IDF says they've destroyed almost all Assad regime capability

Retired Israeli brigadier general Assaf Orion and ABC News’ Britt Clennett discuss the Israel Defense Forces’ airstrikes which have destroyed most of Assad regime army's capability throughout Syria.
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Israel unleashes wave of devastating airstrikes across Syria

Israel is conducting airstrikes on military bases and naval ships to prevent them from falling into the hands of Syrian rebels. ABC News goes inside Assad’s presidential palace and a notorious prison.
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Former prisoner at Saydnaya prison in Syria recalls inhumane treatment

During Syria's civil war, human rights groups estimate that over 100,000 Syrians, including children, were held in appalling conditions at the notorious Saydnaya prison.
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Historic fall of Syrian government ends 50-year rule of Assad family

David Lesch, professor of Middle Eastern history at Trinity University discusses the fall of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime and his authoritarian rule.
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Inside one of Assad's presidential palaces  

ABC News' James Longman tours a palace in Damascus known as "the people's palace."
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The impact of Syrian rebel takeover on the region

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy’s Aaron Zellin discusses the future of Syria under Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the group that led the coalition of rebels that defeated Bashar al-Assad’s regime
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Fall of Assad is huge blow to Iran: Former DHS official

ABC News’ Marcus Moore and Elizabeth Neumann, the former DHS assistant secretary for counterterrorism, discuss the latest news out of Syria.
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