Syrian officials have acknowledged violations of humanitarian law,which they have blamed on unorganised masses wanting to support official security forces.
Ahmed al-Sharaa,the leader of the rebels who ousted the Bashar al-Assad regime,also plans to dissolve the group that took control of the country this month.
The former Abu Mohammed al-Jolani,leader of the offensive that overthrew the Assad regime,is trying to build a new state.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov also rejected media reports suggesting Bashar al-Assad had been confined to Moscow and had assets frozen.
“We really haven’t seen anything quite like this since the Nazis,” says an international war crimes prosecutor who estimates 100,000 people were killed.
The man found under a blanket in a prison in Damascus had claimed he had been arrested three months ago and interrogated about his phone contacts.
In his first statement since the fall of Damascus,the exiled former president said he wanted to continue fighting.
At the country’s most notorious prison,Syrians confront their worst fears:that they will never know what happened to the loved ones who disappeared.
In the dark,cavernous warehouses at the abandoned site in Douma,fighters who ousted Assad found thousands of pills hidden in furniture,fruit and electronics.
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham,the Islamist group that led the overthrow of the Assad regime,will need to show it is willing to give political representation to Syria’s diverse sects and minorities.