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After decades of dictatorship and 13 years of civil war, can Syria put itself back together? Our journalists traveled the ...
Syrian authorities arrested Wassim Al Assad, a cousin of longtime ruler Bashar Al Assad, the interior ministry said Saturday, ...
This came after groups loyal to the former regime of president Bashar al-Assad attacked security forces – al-Assad ... In addition to the lack of basics such as food, cleaning supplies, clothing, and ...
Syrians gather at Saadallah al-Jabiri Square during a victory celebration in Aleppo on Dec. 13. ... Bashar al-Assad’s secret service apparatuses, the ... I went to bed elated that night, ...
After 15 years in Assad's prisons, journalist Tal al-Mallohi opens up about the trauma, resilience, and her hopes for Syria's future. This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 13 March ...
Villagers say they worry that incursions into border areas of Syria by Israel’s military could turn into a prolonged occupation. Israel says the raids are needed to protect the border.
An account bearing the name of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s son, Hafez Bashar al-Assad, has been suspended from X after describing the family’s final days in the country before the rebel ...
Al Shehab told his children that the arch had been destroyed. He blamed the Assad regime for ISIS’s takeover in 2015 and the damage caused to the city by the militias that supported him. “All the evil ...
Vladimir Putin (right) and Bashar al-Assad shake hands in Moscow in 2015. A former aide to Assad has alleged that Putin did not take Assad's calls before the fall of the regime.
No Evidence Bashar al-Assad Was 'Poisoned' in 'Assassination Bid' The Telegram account General SVR is popular with British tabloids but has a less-than-perfect track record for truth.
The 1982 Hama assault is often described as the model for Bashar al-Assad's later crackdown on the rebellion that began in 2011 and toppled him this month. When rebels seized Hama on Dec. 6 ...
The British wife of ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is deathly ill with leukemia — with doctors only giving her a 50% chance of survival, according to a report. “Asma is dying,” one ...