We highlight how Barbara Walters is so unintentionally funny. Is photo of Donald Trump using a walker real? What to know After winning his first Oscar, Tom Cruise kept repeating the same 2-word phrase ...

From exile in Moscow, ex-intel chief Kamal Hassan and Assad cousin Rami Makhlouf are spending millions of dollars in competing efforts to build fighting forces that would lead a revolt along Syria’s ...

One year after leading the insurgent charge that swiftly ended generations of Baathist rule, Syrian Interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa is claiming victories on an even more unlikely front. Sharaa's ...

HOMS, Syria (AP) — A year ago, Mohammad Marwan found himself stumbling, barefoot and dazed, out of Syria’s notorious Saydnaya prison on the outskirts of Damascus as rebel forces pushing toward the ...

DAMASCUS, Syria—During 13 years of revolution and war, the Syrian dictatorship of President Bashar al-Assad set a high water mark for cruelty in the 21st century, disappearing tens of thousands of ...

Syrians marked the first anniversary of the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad and his iron-fisted rule on Monday, as the fractured nation struggles to find stability and recover after years of war.

“Raise your head up high, you’re a free Syrian” goes the chorus of the Arabic song that has become the unofficial anthem of the new Syria. It’s everywhere in the capital Damascus – blasted out from ...

Tens of thousands of Syrians flooded the streets of Damascus on Monday to mark the first anniversary of the Assad regime’s collapse. The celebrations came a year after former Syrian dictator Bashar al ...

The fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in December 2024 dealt a major blow to Iran, depriving it of a key Mediterranean base and supply route to Hezbollah. Iran spent up to $50 billion ...

A year ago, rebels overthrew President Bashar al-Assad, ending decades of dictatorship and civil war. But challenges remain for the new leadership. A year ago, rebels overthrew President Bashar ...

Events held in Umayyad Square in Damascus and elsewhere Sharaa proclaims 'promising future' Country struggles to recover after years of war Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia a year ago DAMASCUS, Dec 8 ...

Ms. Mrie is a Syrian journalist and the author of a forthcoming memoir about defiance under Bashar al-Assad. One gray evening in September, a crowd of Syrians — many displaced, exiled or self-exiled — ...