Leila Fadel
Stories
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Syria's ousted dictator relied on a brutal army, and powerful allies. What changed?
Stories from men conscripted into the Syrian military help explain why it collapsed.
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World
Syrian families scour hospitals and morgues for loved ones lost under Assad's rule
People in Syria are looking for their relatives and friends in prisons, hospitals and morgues. The U.N. estimates over 100,00 people have gone missing in Syria under the Assad regime.
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Syrians can finally tell their stories about Assad's chemical attacks
Survivors of the Syrian regime's chemical attacks are free now speak about how they lost their families. We meet people who endured attacks that Syria's former president used to stay in power.
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Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was cruel to those he leaned on the most for support
When Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad fled the country, members of his own minority sect say he left them impoverished and stained with his legacy.
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What comes next for Syria after the Assad regime
NPR's Leila Fadel, Jane Arraf, and Ruth Sherlock share their reporting from Syria more than a week after the fall of the Assad regime.
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One week into post-Assad rule in Syria - a view from Damascus
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With the collapse of the Assad regime, families across Syria search for loved ones
People in Syria are looking for their relatives and friends in prisons, hospitals and morgues. The U.N. estimates over a 100,00 people have gone missing in Syria under the Assad regime.
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On the road from Beirut to Damascus, people find their footing in a new Syria
The road to Damascus tells the story of a new Syria emerging from 54 years of authoritarian rule by one family, the Assads. Today's Syria is no longer theirs.
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For the first time in decades, an Assad is not in control of Syria
AS Syrian rebels gained control of Damascus, Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia. But the excitement about a new Syria comes with uncertainty about what the future holds.
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What do Syrians make of all these seismic and rapid-fire events in their country?
Syrians are celebrating the overthrow of longtime President Bashar al-Assad who fled Damascus, and has been given asylum in Russia.
