The last month has marked a dramatic turn in the history of Syria, a nation racked by years of civil war that only ended in ...

Syria has opened its first public trial of officials linked to former President Bashar Assad. Atef Najib, a former army brigadier general, appeared in court Sunday.

HOMS, Syria — A year ago, Mohammad Marwan found himself stumbling, barefoot and dazed, out of Syria's notorious Saydnaya prison on the outskirts of Damascus as rebel forces pushing toward the capital ...

The fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in December 2024 dealt a major blow to Iran, depriving it of a key Mediterranean base and supply route to Hezbollah. Iran spent up to $50 billion ...

Motivated to avenge their families in China, Uyghur mercenaries became valued fighting partners for Syria's rebels. Their participation helped Syria's new president ultimately win Syria's civil war.

Syrians marked the first anniversary of the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad and his iron-fisted rule on Monday, as the fractured nation struggles to find stability and recover after years of war.

F ifteen years ago Atef Najib, then the security chief of Deraa, a city in southern Syria, epitomised the cruelty of the regime of Bashar al-Assad, the dictator who was toppled in ...

Iranian General Qassem Soleimani warned Syrian officials that Luna al-Shibl, a close adviser to President Bashar al-Assad, was a spy months before she died in a suspected assassination disguised as a ...

When Bashar al-Assad’s government collapsed, the dominant international narrative was one of return. Refugees, it was said, would come home. A postwar Syria would begin rebuilding. What has drawn far ...