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 ...

By Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM, May 26 (Reuters) - Syria's transitional leadership has located remnants of former Syrian ...

Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa has reshuffled several top government posts and removed his brother from a key position.

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 ...

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.

A judge in Damascus on Sunday detailed the charges against Atef Najib, a cousin of Bashar Assad and formerly a senior security official in Syria, as the first trial of Assad-era officials gets moving.

QAMISHLI, Syria — The children running through the courtyard of a school in this northeastern city are a blur of motion. But they're not students at recess — they are members of displaced families ...