Assad's second son found himself thrust into power after the death of his elder brother. He withstood the civil war that followed the 2011 Arab Spring at the cost of a bloody civil war. On Sunday, he ...

The Kremlin has denied reports that claim Asma al-Assad is seeking a return to London following her husband's exile in Moscow. Two African states are frustrating Moscow's efforts to establish a ...

On December 8, the surprising news broke: rebel forces had taken Damascus and brought down the regime of Bashar al-Assad. In the image, rebel militiamen with the flag of the new Syria at the ...