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With overthrow of Assad regime, Syrian Canadian recalls 20 years of 'torment' inside its prisons
Nabil Hawara was 40 years old when he was finally released from Syria's infamous desert prisons after spending half his life at that point facing constant torture under the Assad family regime.
Former detainee of Syria's 'human slaughterhouse' says Assad regime overthrow 'worth everything'
As insurgents swept across Syria in just 10 days, bringing an end to the Assad family's 50-year rule, they broke into prisons and security facilities to free political prisoners and many of the tens of thousands of people who disappeared since the conflict began in 2011.
Rebels close in on central city of Homs as aid groups sound alarm on Syria
Rebel forces pushed their offensive in Syria further south early Friday, closing in on the city of Homs, as humanitarian groups sounded the alarm on the escalating conditions for civilians trapped in the fighting.
'Charred body pieces everywhere' after Israeli strike sets tents ablaze in Gaza safe zone
Palestinians were digging through burnt debris searching for bodies Thursday after some 20 people were killed a day earlier in an Israeli strike that set ablaze tents sheltering displaced families in a designated humanitarian zone in southern Gaza.
Amnesty report concludes Israel's actions against Palestinians in Gaza constitute genocide
A new report from Amnesty International found that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in its nearly 14-month-long deadly campaign in Gaza that has killed more than 44,000 people and displaced most of the enclave’s population.
What just happened in Aleppo, and what it means for Syria's civil war
The retaking of Aleppo marks the first major development in years in Syria's grinding civil war, which had largely fallen from the world's headlines. It also raises fresh questions about the opposing sides, who supports them, and what might happen next. Here's what we know.
His daughter, two others were crushed to death waiting in line to buy bread in central Gaza
Two girls and a woman were crushed to death waiting in a crowd of people outside a bakery in the central Gaza Strip on Friday as Palestinians in the war-torn enclave face an increasing threat of famine amid a worsening food crisis.
'The sea took all of our things': Floodwaters devastate beach encampment in Khan Younis
Heavy winds and rising sea levels flooded and swept away displaced Palestinians along with their belongings overnight, in Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Winter conditions are destroying the few remaining items they have after more than a year of ongoing bombardment.
International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, former Israeli defence minister
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday issued arrest warrants for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes in that country's deadly 13-month campaign in Gaza.
Trucks carrying aid into Gaza are being violently ransacked. Here's what we know
As many of Gaza's more than 2.3 million people desperately wait for humanitarian assistance and food to reach them, aid trucks are being ambushed and looted before getting to their destination. We look at what we know about the groups doing the looting and the efforts to stop it.