Assad’s leadership quickly descended into authoritarianism, marked by mass repression and a devastating civil war. This video ...

Syrian rebels seized Damascus on Sunday, and long-time President Bashar Assad fled the battle-scarred country amid the stunning collapse of his regime after 13 years of war. Assad and his family ...

The New Arab publishes a multi-part testimony based on excerpts given by Farouk al-Sharaa, Bashar al-Assad's foreign minister and then vice president, reflecting on various pivotal events that took ...

The family had a history with the regime: Rania’s father—a prominent religious scholar—had spent 13 years in prison under Assad’s father, President Hafez al-Assad, because of his ...

A Family’s Decadelong Search for Children Stolen by Assad’s Regime. Share. Resize. Listen (2 min) The Wall ... their parents in the early years of the uprising against President Bashar al ...

Kurds have a unique role to play in Syria and the broader region. The Kurdish-led administrations in Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), offer secular, inclusive governance in a region torn apart ...

With the war crippling the formal economy, the country became the world’s largest narco-state under the regime of ousted President Bashar al-Assad. In the weeks after the regime’s collapse, security ...

President Trump’s decision to lift sanctions on Syria gives the Syrian people and their new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, a chance to rebuild their great nation, with a focus on religious freedom,… ...

Damascus last month. Syria was exempted from President Trump’s latest travel ban, a sign of a seismic shift in U.S. foreign policy following the toppling of President Bashar al-Assad in December.

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The Israeli army said two rockets were fired from Syria into open areas in the Israel-controlled Golan Heights on Tuesday, marking the first time a strike has been launched ...

Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa has in six months established himself internationally and had crippling sanctions removed, but still needs to rebuild national institutions, revive the ...

Under the plan, some 3,500 foreign fighters, mainly Uyghurs from China and neighbouring countries, would join a newly-formed unit, the 84th Syrian army division, which would also include Syrians.