The latter included Khalid al-Ahmed, his most senior Alawite appointment to date and a childhood friend who had been Mr Assad’s confidant. But many question whether this will suffice to contain ...

Damascus - Protests have erupted in Damascus and other parts of Syria over the return of Khaled al-Fares, a man accused of war crimes under the rule of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Activists and ...

Khaled al Hamad, a nearby resident ... It is not clear how they died, or whether this is evidence of criminal abuse by Assad's regime. But Khaled needs no convincing. He's searching for his ...