Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

The Syrian Uprising Began 15 Years Ago. Then Came the Regime’s Deadly Crackdown.

The Regime,’ a 2011 documentary on the Assad regime’s rise and its brutal crackdown on Arab Spring protesters, is now streaming on YouTube for the first time.
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

15 Years Later: Syria’s Uprising, the Conflict That Followed and the Aftermath

Revisit FRONTLINE’s documentaries on the Syrian war's devastating human toll, the journeys of refugees, the foreign interventions and the long shadow of the conflict.
Reuters

Syrians emptied Assad’s prisons. They’re filling up again, and abuse is rife

The first wave of detentions in the new Syria came almost immediately – just after victorious rebels flung open the doors of Bashar al-Assad’s notorious prisons. As ordinary Syrians stormed detention ...
The New York Times

The Cover-Up: Inside the Plot to Conceal Assad’s Crimes

Thousands of documents and interviews with Assad-era officials reveal how the regime worked to conceal evidence of its atrocities during the Syrian civil war. Pictures of missing Syrians pasted on a ...
The New York Times

For Fallen Syrian Dictator Assad and Family, an Exile of Luxury and Impunity

Bashar al-Assad’s long, brutal reign ended swiftly, but he and his close circle have had a soft landing in Russia. Credit...Aaron Byrd Supported by By Erika Solomon Christiaan Triebert Haley Willis ...