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.

Thousands of Uyghurs became key fighters against Syria's Assad regime. For the first time, they agreed to be interviewed. NPR ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Multi-country discussions on Syria ended on the sidelines of the Doha summit on Saturday as anti-government fighters ...