Caesar: No Place, No Time draws on testimonies from Syrian detention centres during the Assad era. Photo: Shasha

Syrian Ramadan series on Assad-era prisons ignites backlash

Mustafa Safwan Naamo’s show Caesar: No Place, No Time has divided audiences since premiering last week

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Woman and child killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon's Baalbek

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Syria swaps troops for Druze prisoners in deal brokered by Al Shara's brother

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ISIS launches daily attacks in north-eastern Syria

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ISIS kills Syrian soldier in intensified eastern campaign

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Four killed in 'ISIS attack' on Syrian police checkpoint

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ExclusiveAssad's face vanishes as Syria replaces a third of banknotes in weeks

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Members of the Kurdish-led SDF queue to settle their status with the Syrian government in Raqqa, Syria. Reuters

Syria names presidential envoy to oversee SDF integration deal

Damascus and Kurdish-led forces reached a deal last month after weeks of fighting

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'We will remember everyone who stood against us': Gaza dominates Berlin festival

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ISIS declares war on Syrian President Al Shara's government

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Trump says he 'essentially put' Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara in office

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Syria’s Al Hol camp is closing – but its detainees' fate remains precarious

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ISIS claims responsibility for killing Syrian police officer in Deir Ezzor

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Syria's President Al Shara pardons kidnappers and drug users in amnesty

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Syrian internal security forces stand guard along the fence of Al-Hol camp in the desert region of Syria's Hasakeh province on January 21, 2026. Syria's army entered the vast Al-Hol camp that houses relatives of suspected Islamic State jihadists after Kurdish forces withdrew from the site, said an AFP journalist at the scene. The camp in a desert region of Hasakeh province holds around 24,000 people, including some 6,200 women and children from around 40 nationalities. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
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Syria’s Al Hol camp is closing – but its detainees' fate remains precarious

Government faces the challenge of trying to integrate back into society those with no affiliation to ISIS – while containing others who remain a security threat

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ISIS claims responsibility for killing Syrian police officer in Deir Ezzor

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Syria's President Al Shara pardons kidnappers and drug users in amnesty

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Iraqi and Syrian forces seize more than 400,000 Captagon pills

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