For decades, statues of Hafez al-Assad symbolized power and repression. Today, they fall as Syrians reclaim public spaces ...

The Kremlin has denied reports that claim Asma al-Assad is seeking a return to London following her husband's exile in Moscow. Two African states are frustrating Moscow's efforts to establish a ...

Several European countries have suspended processing asylum requests from Syrian nationals following the fall of Bashar ...

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.

Mazen Kneneh, believed to be the mayor of Dummar, was one of the most infamous loyalists of the Assad regime An Assad loyalist was executed in public by fighters linked to the country’s new ...

Syria’s Islamist leaders pledged to respect religious freedom despite their radical past. Many Christians and Shiites are ...

(AP video shot by Ghaith Alsayed) FILE.- Syrians sing and wave post-Assad flags during a concert by the recently returned “revolutionary” singer Wasfi Maasrani in Damascus Wednesday Jan. 8, 2025..(AP ...

How did Assad gain power? Through old-fashioned dynastic succession. He became president in 2000 after the death of his father, Hafez al-Assad, a tyrant who had ruled Syria for 30 years.