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  • A man in uniform stands between Muslim graves.
    Syria's missing detainees

    "We did not expect so few had survived"

    The search for the missing is seen by many Syrians as crucial to rebuilding the nation. Mazin al-Balkhi of the International Commission on Missing Persons warns that the scale and arbitrary nature of the killings under Assad pose major challenges.

  • A man pulls a bag from a hole in the ground.
    Forensic expert in Syria

    "Opening the graves is not a priority"

    In Syria, families of those who disappeared under Assad are desperate for answers. But before bodies can be identified, countless files, photos and videos must be gathered. "There is a bureaucracy of the dead," says forensic scientist Luis Fondebrider.

  • A woman wearing a headscarf sits in a busy square. Behind her posters of people's faces are plastered against a stone wall.
    The search for Syria's missing

    Where is Ahmed?

    Since the fall of Assad, thousands of Syrians searching for disappeared relatives have been left feeling abandoned by the new rulers. Meanwhile, the process of collecting evidence of the regime's crimes remains unsystematic.

  • The International Criminal Court in The Hague against a blue sky.
    ICC arrest warrants

    What the Netanyahu warrant tells us about international law

    Arrest warrants issued against Israeli leaders are putting international law to the test. Do Western states only support UN courts when it serves their interests? Can the "principle of universal jurisdiction" save international criminal justice?

  • A crowd of people make peace signs to the camera. Syrian revolutionary flags wave in the background.
    Syrians in Germany

    "We have suffered at the hands of this regime, its fall unites us"

    Stunned by the sudden collapse of the Assad regime, Syrians take their joy to the streets of Berlin. Some have already started planning their return home.

  • Anhänger der Opposition tragen am Dienstag, dem 10. Dezember 2024, auf dem Al-Hamidiyeh-Markt in der von einer Stadtmauer umgebenen Altstadt von Damaskus, Syrien, Fahnen der Opposition.(Foto: picture alliance / AP| Hussein Malla)
    Impressions from Syria

    The uncertainty of freedom

    An abandoned Assad-regime torture chamber, Kalashnikov-wielding rebels and a fearful archbishop. Karim El-Gawhary reports from the "new Syria"—a snapshot of history.

  • A group of young men carrying guns, one has a Syrian revolutionary flag wrapped around his shoulders.
    Dawn of a new era

    Zero hour in Syria

    After more than half a century in power, the Assad regime has fallen. The end of one of recent history's most brutal dictatorships has sparked both joy and deep uncertainty about the country's future. Who are Syria's most powerful factions? And are there any "good guys"?

  • Anti-government fighters celebrate in a street of Aleppo, Syria, on December 03, 2024.
    Syrian-Kurdish politician Elham Ahmed

    "Syria should be governed federally like Iraq or the UAE"

    Elham Ahmed, the foreign representative of northeast Syria, voices concern for minorities in Aleppo following the city’s recent capture. In an interview with Qantara, she outlines her vision of a decentralised Syria and comments on the German debate over the deportation of criminal refugees.

  • A man and two women wearing headscarves stand in front of a memorial plaque for the victims of the knife attack in Solingen.
    Deportations to Afghanistan and Syria

    The rule of law and its careless enemies

    Those who turn to Assad or the Taliban instead of the German constitutional state when it comes to questions of security, fail to understand what makes those regimes tick.

  • Displaced Syrian man Walid Muhammad Abdel-Baqi shows pictures of his dead son Walid on his phone
    Syrians in Lebanon

    Not safe to stay, not safe to go home

    Desperate Syrians are weighing up whether to stay in an increasingly hostile Lebanon or risk a precarious existence in areas held by the Syrian opposition. The return journey is deadly and conditions in Syria are tough

  • Protesters waving flags and banners
    Islamists in Idlib

    Syrian protesters rise up against Hayat Tahrir al-Sham

    Opponents of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad seeking refuge in Idlib are now protesting against local Islamist hardliners Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. The group is accused of becoming increasingly dictatorial

  • During the day, Syria Street is one of Tripoli's main thoroughfares
    Lebanon's Tripoli

    Old wounds and new problems on "Syria Street"

    Syria Street in Tripoli, Lebanon's second-largest city, was a microcosm of the Syrian Civil War for many years. Nowadays, a fragile calm hides the complexities of Lebanon's past and the resilience of its people

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