Mahmoud Eisa was an early victim of convicted Syrian torturer Atef Najib. Mahmoud Eisa / EPA

Exclusive'I fainted with every electric shock': Syrian dissident tells of torture at hands of condemned Assad cousin

Mahmoud Eisa recalls being tortured by Atif Najib, who now faces death by hanging after landmark Syrian trial

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Today's cartoonShadi's take on a death sentence for Syria's former president

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New York first lady Rama Duwaji 'set to visit Lebanon and Syria'

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IAEA to visit Syria over nuclear material left by Assad regime

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Who are the nine Assad regime officials sentenced to death in Syria?

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Damascus court sentences Bashar Al Assad and eight others to death

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AnalysisSyria and Russia save face with deal on military bases

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Some Syrian Kurds reportedly came under attack en route home after years of displacement. AFP
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Violence mars return of displaced Syrian Kurds to border town after nearly seven years

More than 400 families set out from Hasakah camp to Ras Al Ain and nearby areas

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Syria and Russia agree to transform military bases into joint training centres

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How regional turmoil and US pressure have drawn Iraq and Syria closer together

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Syria removes three civil war-era commanders in army shake-up

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Today's cartoonShadi's take on the reopening of Syria's Deir Ezzor airport

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Explosion on bus kills at least two people near Damascus

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Turkey and Syria pledge closer defence ties

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Today's cartoonShadi's take on the reopening of Syria's Deir Ezzor airport

Our cartoonist's take on the reopening of Syria's Deir Ezzor airport

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Explosion on bus kills at least two people near Damascus

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Turkey and Syria pledge closer defence ties

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Syria's Deir Ezzor airport reopens after 14 years

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