An analysis of open source evidence, as well as missile experts, have pointed to a Russian launched Kh-101 cruise missile being the weapon that struck a children’s hospital in Kyiv,
In December 2024, the fall of Syria’s regime unlocked the gates of Sednaya and other notorious detention centers, exposing the machinery of disappearance that defined five decades of authoritarian rule.
Bashar al Assad was not meant to be president, but a twist of fate forced the former eye doctor – and his London-raised wife – to head back to Syria
Thousands of Syrians line up at Turkish, Lebanese borders n extraordinary turn of events that has shaken the geopolitical landscape of the Middle East, the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, UK Limited Partnerships (LPs) have been named as trade intermediaries in thousands of records detailing imports into the belligerent state. The
Since the defeat of ISIS forces at Al-Baghouz in 2019, five factors have stymied the group’s revival in Syria and Iraq. On March 23, 2019, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), assisted
A network led by Syrian-Russian banker Mudalal Khouri evolved into a parallel bank for the Assad regime, operating through offshore companies in Cyprus and the British Virgin Islands and Russian banks such as Tempbank. The network facilitated
Investigation Official statistics on busts of drug shipments originating in Colombia — the world’s largest cocaine producer by far — are scattershot and hard to find. A leak of prosecutor’s
Investigation A flood of drugs out of Syria has opened a new phase in the country’s conflict, pitting drug traffickers — with apparent support from Syrian authorities — against security
Investigation Syria’s licensing of a third mobile operator, Wafa Telecom, looked like another effort by authorities to seize control of the lucrative telecoms sector. But the Assad government may also