Syria’s government has ordered soldiers to guard a mass grave created to conceal atrocities under Bashar al-Assad.

Within weeks of the report in October, the new government created a checkpoint at the entrance to the military installation ...

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After the end of the quarantine period, symptoms of COVID-19 and negative PCR results, President Bashar al-Assad and Mrs Asma al-Assad have resumed their work normally, SANA said ...

Former Syrian leader Bashar Assad, toppled in December 2024 as rebel forces closed in on Damascus, is living a quiet, closely managed exile in Russia, according to a report by The Guardian published ...

Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is living in near-isolation in Russia, sidelined by President Vladimir Putin, one year after fleeing Syria following the collapse of his rule, according to a ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — As they mark the first anniversary this week of toppling Bashar al-Assad's regime, Syrians are also celebrating another likely milestone. The U.S. is on the verge of removing ...

Extensive Russian influence in Syria goes back to the Soviet era and survived the collapse of the USSR and the end of communism. It appears that now Russian influence in Syria has survived the fall of ...

ALEPPO, SYRIA — Early Monday morning in Aleppo, soldiers lined the streets near the old city walls, standing in loose formation beside battered buildings as men gathered quietly around them. Almost no ...