Feras Killani grew up in Yarmouk in Damascus, which saw brutal fighting between rebel and government forces.

As those in the lucrative Captagon network move aside, how will the new leaders stop any criminals waiting in the wings to replace them?

The offensive that ended Bashar al-Assad's 24-year rule has left the country facing an uncertain future

Most of the more than 100,000 people who disappeared in Syria since 2011 are now believed to be dead.

The BBC's Lina Sinjab says there is a joyous mood in the Syrian capital, as people mark the end of the Assad regime.

Mazen al-Hamada, who returned to Syria from the Netherlands, had publicly testified on the torture he faced while in prison.

Lina Sinjab in Damascus says people find it hard to believe that 54 years of the Assad dynasty have ended.

A Syrian herself, Lina Sinjab says this is the first time she's entered the country "without fear of detention".