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In Syria, a vast underground hideout housed rebel base

Tunnels run for hundreds of metres, connecting caves strewn with mattresses that formed what the Syrian army and its Russian allies say was a vast rebel underground network. The road leading to the entrance of the tunnels in Lataminah in northwestern Syria is lined with the charred shells...

Assad's amnesty extorts employees, seeks profit

Zaman al-Wasl was able to uncover one of the most insidious amnesties issued by Bashar al-Assad that extorts tens of thousands of Syrians who used to be employees that left the country "illegally", for fear of being killed, arrested or forced into the regime's army. Al-Assad issued an...

Russian 'advisers' train new regime battalion

Wearing clean bullet-proof vests and knee pads, fighters from a new regime amy battalion showcase the skills they have learned from Russia's military advisers. In the countryside west of Damascus, the soldiers carry out a mock assault, fire mortar rounds and rockets, perform...