Bashar AL Assad

Opinion

Syria: The Day I Was Accused of Being Bashar al-Assad…

Carmen Kareem
Is seeing reality from more than one angle an act of betrayal? Have our dreams of revolution and freedom blinded us and made us turn each other into the “new assad”? Perhaps one day “gray” will be the only color, the one color that looks tenderly at both the defeated rebel and the soldier who was thrown into the front line at age 18.
Investigations

Syria: New Generations of Robbery and Corruption within the Assad Family

Maksim Othman
The Syrian coast has seen a younger generation of the Assad clan rise to power. Controlling smuggling routes and extortion rackets, Bashar’s cousins grew rich and powerful, at times challenging the regime itself.
Investigations

Syria: Azrael Visited Me In Room No. 7

Ruqaya Al-Abadi
“Girls, who amongst you came last?” the Palestine Branch sergeant asked loudly. “Me,” I replied. “Then you will sleep at the door,” she said. “This place is reserved for anyone whom comes last.”
Investigations

Hungry and Humiliated: Will the Syrians Face the Regime Again?

Maksim Othman
The Caesar Act has caused the cost of life in Syria to skyrocket. People eat bread with tomato puree and pepper spread over two meals a day. With the streets empty, pockets empty and tables empty, how can the Syrians ever rise up again?
News

Rami Makhlouf: Waiting for the Mahdi

Ahmad Al-Ahmad
The beginning of the end for Rami Makhlouf started when his aunt, Anisa Makhlouf, the mother of Bashar Al-Assad, passed away. This resulted in the leadership in the Republican Palace shifting from Anisa Makhlouf to Asma Al-Assad, who seems to be working on restructuring the Syrian economy.
News

I Am a Syrian Journalist, Writing Under a Pseudonym: If Ever I Disappear, Call This Number

Carmen Kareem
When my first article was published, I felt like I was under surveillance, and feared I might be interrogated at any moment. The same feeling haunted me with subsequent articles, along with nightmares about the Syrian security forces and its notorious dungeons, the moment of being arrested, escape, being pursued, and the inability to hide.
Investigations

The Story of “the Syrian Regime Doctor” Who Tortured My Relative

Mohammad Fares
It was forbidden for anyone to approach his room except for the guards, the interrogators, and a doctor who would check on him for ten minutes in the morning. As for the guards, who came from “Al-Khatib” and from the Air Force Intelligence Directorate, “slapping me was a normal thing for them”.
Investigations

Syrian Torture Basement Testimonies before the German Judge

Joud Hassan
As much as it’s a painful experience for the witnesses, they felt, for the first time, that a judicial apparatus was interested in hearing their statements, their experience, and the violations they were subjected to … This is the experience of a Syrian journalist, who was also a former detainee, following the trials of two Syrian officers.
Investigations

People Smuggling: Syrian-Turkish “Wall of Death” Funds “Tahrir al-Sham”

Farhat Ahmad
A journey fraught with death that hundreds of Syrians take daily across the Syrian-Turkish borders; Here is an investigation into some of these horrors.
News

“Al-Hasakah Needs Water”, Will Turkey Bear the Responsibility for Their Thirst?

Ahmad Al-Ahmad
The disputes between the Russians and the Turks over supplying water and electricity have escalated several times, and every time it has led to worsening the living conditions of those who are living without these two main services.

The English Section of Daraj News is co-supported by Anne Avis

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