A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 uprising has been detained inside Syria, according to state news agency SANA.

Syria's interim president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, landed in Saudi Arabia on Sunday for his first international trip since his rebel militant group ousted former President Bashar al-Assad in December.

Syria’s new authorities have announced the arrest of Atif Najib, a former senior security officer and cousin of ousted President Bashar al-Assad. Najib is seen by many as being responsible for ...

The arrival of the first top Russian diplomat in Damascus since Bashar al-Assad’s fall kicks off negotiations ... Putin of Russia at Aleppo airport in December.Credit...Ivor Prickett for The ...

DAMASCUS -Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani ... campaign that ended Mr Assad’s autocratic rule. The Qatari Emir was received at Damascus International Airport by Mr Sharaa ...

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syrian authorities have arrested a former senior security officer and cousin of ousted leader Bashar al-Assad credited by some with sparking the country's 2011 uprising due to ...

DAMASCUS - Syrian authorities have arrested a former senior security officer and cousin of ousted leader Bashar al-Assad seen by some as responsible for sparking the country's 2011 uprising due to ...

Only my family knew," said Hadid, now a father of five. In light of the December 8 ouster of Bashar al-Assad, "we can talk at last", he said. On February 2, 1982, amid an information blackout, Assad's ...

His pain pours out, like a long cry from Syria’s dungeons, a cry that was silenced during more than half a century of rule by brutal despots, Bashar al-Assad, and his father, Hafez, before him.