Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

Sharaa's leadership, the new Syrian government has waged a brutal suppression campaign against minority Alawite and Christian ...

Syrians around the world celebrate the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime as rebels with ties to terrorism seize control. Police release new images of the possible killer of United Healthcare's CEO ...

Assad lived in quiet luxury while Syrians went hungry Syria’s ousted leader cultivated a modest image. Footage revealing hidden opulence tells a different story.

Neighbors and colleagues reported on each other everywhere. Now, Syrians are shadowed by the question of who among them had contributed to the regime’s tyranny.

A human rights activist and political dissident, she opposed the Assad regime long before the revolution. Imprisoned for opposing Hafez al-Assad, she was tortured and detained from 1987 to 1991.

Under Syria's president, a vast jail complex in the capital Damascus was known as a place where Syrians were disappeared without trial. Now it's crowded with with families searching for loved ones.

Syrian President Bashar Assad's ouster brings to a close nearly 25 years of his tight-grip rule during a brutal regime.

Another factory containing many bags of the amphetamine-type stimulant Captagon and other drugs was discovered near Damascus, Syria, following former president Bashar al-Assad’s fall from power ...

Syria's President Bashar Assad is reported to have fled Damascus overnight as rebel forces captured the city following a rapid advance through northern Syria.

Celebrations in the streets of Syria after a coalition of militant groups claimed to have toppled the Syrian government and declared victory in the nation's 13-year civil war. John Brennan weighs in.