It is the first official confirmation that Russian authorities have denied the request from Damascus. Assad and his family ...

Land mines and other unexploded remnants of war continue to pose a deadly threat across Syria, causing widespread casualties ...

Syria’s president has received a Republican member of Congress in the first visit to the country by American legislators ...

Unmarked flights. Sealed cargo. A vanishing head of state. As Syria descended into chaos, something far more calculated was ...

Assad, who ruled over Syria with an iron fist for 24 years, used a private jet to spirit away cash, valuables and ...

Once hailed as a Western-friendly reformer, Bashar al-Assad transformed into one of the world’s most brutal autocrats. From chemical weapons attacks to Russian military backing, this is the ...

They practiced horrific forms of repression, and silenced dissent. Among such rulers were Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gaddafi , Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and most recently, Bashar al-Assad. These rulers ...

Anas Khalaf and Rana Kazkaz’s Mare Nostrum and The Translator count among the rare fiction works made by Syrian directors tackling the 2011 democracy protests and President Bashar al-Assad’s ...

EXCLUSIVE: Anas Khalaf and Rana Kazkaz’s Mare Nostrum and The Translator count among the rare fiction works made by Syrian directors tackling the 2011 democracy protests and President Bashar ...

following a decision to replace two pillars of ousted strongman Bashar al-Assad's foreign service. "On the directives of President Ahmed al-Sharaa, we have begun restructuring our embassies and ...