Tag: Syria
Canada must ensure ‘darker forces’ don’t take over Syria: special envoy
Canada can help by adjusting and easing some of the sanctions against Syria, while holding the new government accountable for results, Alghabra explained
Trudeau congratulates Syria’s interim leader, despite terrorist listing
Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, leads Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a group Canada has listed as a terrorist organization since 2013.
Syrian rebel leader who toppled Assad named interim president
The former insurgents also threw out Syria’s constitution, adopted under Bashar Assad, saying a new charter would be drafted soon.
Relatives of Bashar Assad arrested as they tried to fly out of Lebanon: officials
Tens of thousands of Syrians are believed to have entered Lebanon illegally on the night of Assad's fall earlier this month.
Some Syrians living abroad returning after fall of Assad regime
Many Syrians who have been living abroad, some for decades, are returning home after the fall of the Assad regime. But there remain mixed feelings of hope and trepidation for some. Imtiaz Tyab reports.
Syria’s political future remains murky as the scope of Assad’s abuse comes more into focus
Two weeks after Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was overthrown, the scope of Assad's decades-long abuse of human rights is coming into clearer focus. Imtiaz Tyab reports from Damascus.
Biden’s top hostage envoy says he is “”stunned” by the number of prisons under Assad regime
Roger Carstens, the White House special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, speaks to
Families search for loved ones who disappeared in Syria during Assad’s reign
Over 100,000 people were forcibly disappeared under Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria, according to rights groups. Imtiaz Tyab spoke with people desperate to find their loved ones after Damascus fell to Syrian rebels.
U.S. hostage negotiator in Syria to search for answers about missing journalist
Roger Carstens, the Biden administration's top official for freeing Americans held overseas, is in Syria for a high-risk mission: making the first known face-to-face contact with the caretaker government and asking for help finding missing American journa...
Inside a jail holding ISIS prisoners in Syria
While prisons in Syria have been liberated following the fall of Bashar al-Assad, one jail still holds thousands of ISIS prisoners, according to the guards. Holly Williams goes inside the prison.
American-backed forces work to keep ISIS at bay in Syria
The U.S. has been conducting airstrikes in Syria since the fall of the Assad regime, in part, it says, to prevent a resurgence of ISIS. Holly Williams got an on-the-ground look at how American-backed forces in Syria are also working to disrupt the group.
Minorities in Syria cautiously optimistic about future
Syria's Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebels have sought to assure minorities in the country that their right to worship won't be at risk under the new government. Imtiaz Tyab has more on how some Christians in the country are feeling after the Assad regime's fall...
12/15: The Takeout: Rep. Seth Moulton
Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton joins Major Garrett to discuss the state of the Democratic Party and what it should do to attract voters and make gains in the midterm elections and beyond. Also discussed, are the challenges President-elect Donald Trump fa...
Joy in Syria after Assad’s fall but also fears that Islamist victors will rule as al Qaeda 2.0
There is celebrating in the streets of Damascus after dictator Bashar al-Assad fled to Moscow, while crowds poured into Sednaya prison, where political prisoners were held. But although the Islamist victors say there will be elections in March, fears pers...
Syrian leaders call for new era in war-torn nation
The new leaders of Syria, who took power less than a week ago after rebel fighters took the over the nation's capital and President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia, called for a new era of freedom in the nation yesterday. While those leaders are calling fo...