The leader of the former rebel group that toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad has been named the country’s interim president, following a meeting of the former insurgent factions.

AS NEWS OF the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime and the dictator’s flight spread over the weekend, many Syrians rushed to the public squares to celebrate. In Damascus, women draped in the ...

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A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 uprising has been detained inside Syria, according to state news agency SANA.

Syria’s new leadership announced on Friday the arrest of Atif Najib, a cousin of ousted leader Bashar Al-Assad, who is accused of leading a deadly crackdown in Daraa, the birthplace of 2011 ...

Top officers from Syria's now-defunct Republican Guard were the first to leave after Bashar al-Assad was ousted. "They fled as soon as the regime collapsed. They’re responsible for destroying ...

At a police station in central Damascus, 30 HTS fighters have replaced the 100 officers who fled following the ouster of Bashar al-Assad.. “They regularly send us reinforcements to help, but we ...