The longest-serving political prisoner under the regime is now revered as a hero. ‘I was always free here,’ he declares, ...

The one thing holding Syria together now is Ahmed al-Sharaa, who has taken on the near-impossible job of teaching his people ...

Hafez al-Assad took power in 1970 ... In 1982, the Assads put down a rebellion of the Muslim Brotherhood in the city of Hama. They killed 20,000. Rifaat earned the nickname “The Butcher of ...

At least 70 people were killed in Syria’s Latakia province as security forces clashed with loyalists of ousted leader Bashar al-Assad, in the bloodiest challenge to the new authorities since ...

The fall of the Assad regime marks a turning point in Syria’s history. But it also opens a ‘chapter fraught with peril’ for the country’s minorities, an expert on religious minorities writes.

The city is effectively a giant crime scene – and one that was badly tampered with after the al-Assad regime retook control of the city in 2018. And there are many such cities across Syria.

The violence unfolded on Thursday, after a surprise attack by gunmen from the Alawite community on a police patrol near the port city of ... rule of Assad and his father, Hafez al-Assad.

Sharaa, whose fighters led the offensive that toppled the Assad family dynasty in December, has said he will build an inclusive society in a country with a delicate sectarian and religious mix.