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Assad Defaced: Syrians Destroy a Dictator’s Icons

When Bashar al-Assad was toppled in December, the iconography of posters, billboards and statues emblematic of his family’s brutal decades-long grip on the country also came down. The images of Assad ...
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 ...