Syria’s new interim government has started the process to rebuild the armed forces, but challenges lie ahead. Syria is still ...
Assad's exile in Russia is a life of secluded luxury and political irrelevance, where he is wealthy and secure but silenced ...
Ms. al-Assad’s cousin and Maher’s daughter, Sham al-Assad, also appeared to celebrate her 22nd birthday with an extravaganza, ...
Assad, images of the former dictator persist throughout Syria, not least on the country's banknotes. On December 30, the ...
In the last days of 2025, the al-Sharaa administration launched a brutal crackdown on the Alawite minority, rebranding a ...
President al-Sharaa introduced redesigned bills featuring agricultural symbols, such as oranges and olives, entering ...
According to Syrian media reports, shots were fired towards internal security forces in the area. The number of casualties ...
Family friend, sources in Russia and Syria, and leaked data help give rare insight into life of dictator’s reclusive household ...
A program that offers amnesty and aid to Alawites has been met with suspicion by many in the minority. There is also broader ...
From Moscow penthouses to Dubai yacht parties, a New York Times investigation traces how Bashar al-Assad and his inner circle ...
One year ago, a group of Syrian rebels announced they had taken Damascus, ending the rule of Bashar al-Assad. Photographer ...
Ms. Mrie is a Syrian journalist and the author of a forthcoming memoir about defiance under Bashar al-Assad. One gray evening in September, a crowd of Syrians — many displaced, exiled or self-exiled — ...