The US has rolled back a series of restrictive economic sanctions put in place during the rule of Bashar al-Assad. Syrians ...

Syria has yet to start the wide-scale hunt for its missing after it being gutted by autocratic rule, civil war and crippling sanctions, writes chief international correspondent Bel Trew in Sayyida ...

A year ago this month, Syria’s brutal dictatorship collapsed. There are signs of recovery, but sectarian violence threatens ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Bashar al-Assad, who was president of Syria from 2000 to 2024. 1994 – Syrian President Hafez Assad’s oldest son and heir apparent, Basel, dies in a car accident.

Six months ago, the once seemingly impossible became reality: Syria's long-time ruler Bashar al-Assad was overthrown after years of brutal civil war. More than five decades of authoritarian rule by ...

His comments to Belgian media came as rights watchdog Amnesty International accused the regime of hanging 13,000 at an infamous prison near Damascus. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said that ...

Informed by Damascus and Arab and international media outlets, Lebanese authorities are doubling their surveillance efforts.

Syrian rivals will tackle all agenda items at peace talks this week, including political transition, the United Nations mediator Staffan de Mistura said Friday, warning not to expect "miracles." The ...

Syrian authorities have issued an arrest warrant for the ousted president, Bashar al-Assad, a judge announced on Saturday. In a statement to the state-run news agency SANA (affiliated with Syria’s ...