Damascus — In a remote corner outside Damascus, Syria, a now-abandoned potato chip factory reveals one of the world’s many dark but revealed secrets. fallen regime of Bashar al-Assad. A CBS News crew gained access to the site and found a warehouse stocked with industrial-scale hydrochloric acid and acetic acid, which are chemical precursors needed … Read more
Syria’s new leaders, who took power less than a week ago after rebel fighters took control of the nation’s capital and President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia, called yesterday for a new era of freedom in the nation. While these leaders demand dignity and justice, the nation is still grappling with the aftereffects of Assad’s … Read more
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Saturday that U.S. officials were in direct contact with the Syrian rebel group that led the attack. overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad government but is designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the United States and others. Blinken is the first U.S. official to publicly confirm contacts between … Read more
A prison in eastern Syria is housing thousands of ISIS prisoners. The prison director said the inmates did not know that the Syrian regime in Damascus had been overthrown. The prison is guarded by U.S.-backed Syrian forces, which control about a quarter of the country. Senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams has more.
Eastern Syria — CBS News was among the first media outlets to speak out Thursday with Travis Timmermanan American who was feared dead by family and friends, days after being released from a notorious Washington prison. Syria. He said he had spent seven months in prison by the current regime.deposed dictator Bashar al-Assad before the … Read more
American tells CBS News he was released from Syrian prison – CBS News Watch CBS News A man identifying himself as American Travis Timmerman told CBS News’ Elizabeth Palmer that he was released from a Syrian prison earlier this week as rebel forces overthrew longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad. Timmerman said he was held for seven … Read more
A former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison where human rights violations allegedly took place has been charge with multiple counts of torture after being arrested in July for visa fraud, authorities announced Thursday. Samir Ousman al-Sheikh, who oversaw Syria’s notorious Adra prison from 2005 to 2008 under recently ousted President Bashar al-Assad has … Read more
Tel Aviv, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the stand Tuesday in his lengthy trial for alleged corruption, setting off what is expected to be a weeklong spectacle that will draw unwanted attention to his legal troubles as he faces a international arrest warrant for war crimes and the fighting in Gaza continues. … Read more
The al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria is home to around 6,000 women and children, family members of Islamic State fighters who were captured or killed. The camp is guarded by U.S.-backed forces who control about a quarter of Syria. Holly Williams visited this dangerous camp, whose future is uncertain after the fall of the regime … Read more
Syrian rebels seize Damascus during regime takeover – CBS News Watch CBS News Syria’s long civil war reached a climax this weekend when Syrian rebels entered the capital Damascus and President Bashar al-Assad’s government collapsed. Russian state media later reported that Assad and his family had fled to Moscow. Elizabeth Palmer has details. Be the … Read more