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Relatives of Bashar Assad arrested as they tried to fly out of Lebanon, officials say
Lebanese officials say the wife and daughter of one of deposed Syrian president Bashar Assad’s cousins have been arrested at the Beirut airport.
Military official involved in Assad’s ‘human slaughterhouse’ arrested in Syria
A former top military official who issued death sentences for detainees in Damascus’s Sednaya prison has been arrested by Syria’s new administration.
Syrian Government Forces Hunt for a Senior Assad Official
Syria’s new government is searching for a senior official from the Assad dictatorship and for military forces loyal to the ousted president.
Syria arrests top official who sentenced thousands to death in Sednaya, report claims
The hunt for the former head of the military judiciary under long-time ruler Bashar al-Assad, Mohammed Kanjou al-Hassan, sparked deadly clashes in the west of the country between al-Assad loyalists and government security officials.
Top Syrian military official arrested for role in mass executions
Syrian security forces announced Thursday the arrest of Mohammed Kanjo Hassan, a high-ranking military official accused of ordering mass executions at the notorious Sednaya prison during the regime
Syrian Rebel Government Hunts for Senior Assad Official, Prompting Deadly Clashes
Security forces for Syria’s new government were pursuing at least one senior official and military forces loyal to the former dictatorship on Thursday, as they struggled to tamp down unrest in a number of regions and stabilize the country.

Wife of ousted Syrian dictator Assad suffers leukemia

'Assad's fall opened years of my husband's past I knew nothing about'
It was early December when Douna Haj Ahmed, a Syrian refugee, discovered the disturbing details of her husband's detention in ...
Clashes between Islamists now in power in Syria and Assad’s supporters kill 6 fighters
A British-based war monitor said clashes between Islamists who took over Syria and supporters of ousted President Bashar ...
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Syria’s new rulers try to contain growing tensions involving Assad loyalists
Unrest is brewing in Syria’s coastal plains, home to the Assad family’s Alawite sect. Earlier this week, a group of regime loyalists staged an ambush on the now-governing rebel forces, killing 14.
Assad loyalists kill 14 in clash with Syria's new ruling forces - authorities
Syria's new rebel-led authorities say supporters of ousted President Bashar al-Assad have killed 14 interior ministry troops ...
At least 14 security personnel killed in ‘ambush’ by former Assad forces, new Syrian authorities say
At least 14 law enforcement personnel were killed in western Syria overnight in an “ambush” by the former forces of deposed ...
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Assad makes first public statement after Syria ouster. What happens next for him and his wealth?
Toppled Syrian leader Bashar Assad has released what appeared to be his first public statement since his regime was ousted ...
British-born wife of deposed Syrian leader Assad reportedly severely ill with leukaemia
The wife of deposed Syrian leader Bashar Assad is severely ill with leukaemia and has been given a 50/50 chance of survival, ...
Mass graves shed a light on Assad’s ‘killing machine’
We haven’t really seen this kind of machinery of death, or anything like it, since the Nazis,” one US-based investigator said ...
Syrian refugees consider going home after fall of Assad regime
Some Syrian refugees are considering going back to their home country after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime. NBC News' Daniele Hamamdjian speaks to some of the refugees about their decision.