Bashar al-Assad

Calls have grown among Syrians to hold those responsible for atrocities during Assad's regime accountable.

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 stronger military presence in the continent following the fall of Assad.

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"I believe there will be violent fighting, the end of which we do not know," a top Syrian Democratic Council official told Newsweek.

Following the fall of Assad's regime, tensions across the Middle East have continued to remain high prompting concerns from countries in the area.

The high-level delegation arrived to engage in talks with Syria's interim leadership, the State Department confirmed early Friday.

The Pentagon said Thursday that 2,000 troops were in Syria after U.S. officials previously said there were only 900 troops there.

A mass grave containing at least 21 corpses was discovered by the White Helmets in Damascus' Sayyida Zeinab suburb.

Many of the100,000 have entered Syria from neighboring countries such as Lebanon as they attempt to travel to their former homes.

Gabbard reportedly struggled to sway Republican senators, with some questioning her qualifications for the top intelligence role.

The leader of a U.S.-based Syrian advocacy group has announced that a mass grave discovered outside Damascus holds the remains of at least 100,000 people.

The buffer zone was taken by Israel following the fall of ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad's regime.

Israel said it had wiped out the vast majority of the Syrian military's assets, including huge chunks of its air-defense network.

A convoy of Russian military vehicles was seen on the highway heading toward Tartous.

The money was flown to Russia in 2018 and 2019 at a time when Bashar al-Assad was indebted to Moscow and Syria was desperately short of foreign currency.

The ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad says he had planned to keep fighting but the Russians evacuated him.

The US embassy in Damascus also warned Americans to prepare "contingency plans for emergency situations."

Mass graves linked to atrocities committed under the Assad regime have been uncovered following the former Syrian leader's escape to Russia.

Maxar satellite images show Russian military equipment being prepared to depart an air base in Syria a week after the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan say they are aligned in their vision for Syria.

In the shadow of the Syrian civil war, the drug trade emerged as a grim cornerstone of Bashar al-Assad's regime.

Friday prayers carry significant symbolism as they were a rallying point during the early days of 2011 uprising-turned-civil war.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israeli troops would stay in the zone until a force on the Syrian side of the border could ensure security.

Blinken said he spoke to Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani about the situation in Syria after the Assad regime's fall.

An ex-Syrian army official who oversaw the notorious Adra Prison has been charged in the U.S. with torture after being arrested in L.A.

It is grossly irresponsible to ignore the new bosses in Damascus.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated that Israeli forces will remain in the Syrian buffer zone until border security is guaranteed.

For the Kurdish minority, America's closest ally in Syria, the struggle for a new order is entering an even more challenging phase.

The Assad regime survived on violence and complicity. But to be sustainable in any authoritarian context, that violence cannot be wielded every single day.