Former regime fighters tell the BBC they want to regain civilian status and had nothing to do with atrocities.

Finding the remnants of the old dictatorship and bringing them to justice has emerged as a top priority for the new administration in Syria.

Syria’s new government said it deployed dozens of soldiers in the Damascus suburb of Adra on Monday in search of alleged militiamen loyal to ousted

Syria's new authorities have ramped up their crackdown on loyalists of the Assad regime. Rebels led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham have arrested 300, including informants, pro-regime fighters and former soldiers.