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“Syria After Assad”

Excellence in National/International Investigative Reporting, the Ursula and Gilbert Farfel Prize

Reuters, 2026

Author(s): Staff

Reporting from Reuters exposes abuses by both Syria’s new elite and the old regime. Forces tied to the new government carried out massacres, the regime reopened brutal prisons and an Assad-era conspiracy moved a mass grave.

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The Ursula and Gilbert Farfel Prize
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Ursula and Dr. Gilbert Farfel created an endowed scholarship at Ohio University, Ursula’s alma mater, to support establishment of this award. Presented in cooperation with the Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University, the prize honors excellence in investigative reporting.