Syrians are now visiting the seaside villa of the ousted President Bashir al-Assad. The compound had been off-limits since it was built for the Assad family 50 years ago.
KHALID AL-QADI, 26, on Syrians picnicking on a mountaintop in the nation’s capital of Damascus and trading openly in dollars, actions forbidden under the former President Bashar al-Assad. Page A1.
It's just outside the coastal city of Latakia. NPR's Hadeel Al-Shalchi visited the resort, which was once off-limits. HADEEL AL-SHALCHI, BYLINE: We drive through the grounds of the Assad family's ...