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 ...

Assad was toppled in December. His government denied it tortured prisoners. Alaa M. arrived in Germany in 2015, after fleeing to Germany among a large influx of Syrian refugees, and became one of ...

U.S. officials are investigating an uncorroborated account from a high-ranking former Syrian official that American freelance journalist Austin Tice was executed in 2013.

Islamists were often considered a threat by the secular Assad regime. After Rania’s father was released, the family went into exile in Saudi Arabia, where Ahmed was born.

A Family’s Decadelong Search for Children Stolen by Assad’s Regime. Documents reveal how Syria’s fallen government hid hundreds of abducted children during civil war. Share. Resize.

A presidential decree reinstating Syrian judges who defected during the regime of the ousted ex-President Bashar al-Assad was issued on Thursday, in what appears to be a new push to crack down on ...

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 ...

Syrians have marked Eid al-Adha with large-scale public celebrations on Friday, the first since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, with thousands gathering in markets, mosques and public squares across ...

President Trump has announced the beginning of sanctions being lifted on Syria, which had been imposed during the genocidal rule of Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian people and their new leadership ...

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.

Syria is at a critical crossroads, with its future still uncertain. A strategy focused on coordination with allies in the region, cautious engagement, and internal policy alignment is key to advancing ...

During the 13-year civil war in Syria, the forces loyal to ousted President Bashar al-Assad carried out some of the most horrific chemical attacks in recent history. One of them was in April 2018, in ...