As Syria’s regime collapsed, the world’s eyes were on Bashar al-Assad’s getaway flight. Behind him, officials key to his brutal rule made a mass exodus, virtually undetected.

Some are only now coming forward with accounts of loved ones who disappeared during the civil war and are presumed dead.

Selma Mhaoud, and Shaya Laughlin, and published by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP). The Kyiv Independent, a member center of OCCRP, is republishing it with permission. Key findings: * Records reveal that the government of Bashar Al-Assad sold the three government-owned cargo ships to an opaque firm in the Seychelles in 2023 — two of them for just $1 each.

New York Times reporters compiled a wide array of clues to uncover what happened to Bashar al-Assad’s key enforcers after the fall of the regime.

The longtime ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin spent nine days in the hospital after being poisoned at his Russian villa.

Syria has held its first parliamentary elections since Bashar Assad was ousted nearly a year ago. The People's Assembly will work on a new elections law and constitution as the country transitions politically.

The 2025 Syrian parliamentary elections, which took place on October 5, 2025, occasioned a monumental, yet cautious, step in the nation’s chaotic march toward political stabilization and reform. Occurring subsequent to the fall of the Bashar al-Assad-led regime in December 2024,

An ongoing reporting project to uncover the roles and whereabouts of the key officials who powered President Bashar al-Assad’s brutal reign in Syria.

Syria’s foreign minister has arrived in Lebanon’s capital in what observers say could mark a breakthrough in relations between the two neighbors