Amid the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Iran-Iraq war, the Gulf War and talks with Israel, Hafez al-Assad's top priority was ...

A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 ...

The new leadership of the country said the rebel coalition leader, Ahmed al-Shara, would serve as president during a ...

Syria's former President Bashar Al-Assad fled to Moscow when rebel forces captured Damascus after a stunning sweep across the ...

The commander of the main U.S.-backed force in Syria says that the recent ouster of the Assad family from power should be ...

Hayan Hadid was 18 when soldiers arrested him in his pyjamas and took him for execution in Syria's Hama in 1982, during one ...

His overthrow ended five decades of rule by the al-Assad family, which is accused of widespread human rights violations. His fall was a hit for Russia, which used its military bases in Syria not ...

1. Entry into a post-Assad Syria As soon as news of Bashar al-Assad's ouster broke – and with the main airport at Damascus still out of action – I began making plans for how to get into Syria ...

Syria’s ruler Ahmad Al Shara has demanded that Russia hand over former president Bashar Al Assad and an estimated $2 billion ...

Syria’s Civil Defense has uncovered over two dozen charred bodies in two basements in rural Damascus, adding to the growing ...

Bashar al-Assad consistently portrayed himself as a ... "If I stay here, I’ll never be able to support my family or start one. It’s not only an economic threat but an existential one," he ...