July 12, 2026
Analysts describe Moscow-Tehran ties as a “marriage of convenience”
Overcrowding, scarce food, and disease reported in detention facilities
Estimated 150,000 have vanished in Assad's notorious prisons and Syria hopes to publish database of missing in 2026
Over 3 million refugees go back in first year since Assad fall
The former Assad allies vie to form Alawite militias, funding over 50,000 fighters
Al-Keetan notes new cases add to more than 100,000 missing since Assad’s rule
The president faces challenges of shifting from insurgency to civilian rule, Syrian officials say
On one side is the Islamist-dominated army of the new Damascus government, and on the other are the forces of a region run by Kurds
