By FRANCE24 Syria’s new interim leader announced he was taking charge of the country as caretaker prime minister with the backing of the former rebels who toppled President Bashar al-Assad three days ago. Story by Carys Garland and Eliza Herbert. Source: France 24
By FRANCE24 After 33 years languishing in Syrian jails, including the infamous Sednaya dubbed “the human slaughterhouse”, Suheil Hamawi, a 61-year-old from Lebanon, finally returned home on December 9. He was one of thousands of prisoners freed from Syria’s notorious prison system after Islamist-led rebels seized control of the country. In an emotional homecoming, Suheil’s […]
By FRANCE24 Waad al-Kateab came to prominence when she filmed and documented the Assad’s regime’s brutal crackdown in Aleppo right from the street protests in 2011. Through years of bombing, living under the shelling with her husband, a doctor, and her baby girl Sama, born during the war, she continued to film until she was […]