Thousands of documents and interviews with Assad-era officials reveal how the regime worked to conceal evidence of its ...

We documented how the dictator Bashar al-Assad and his henchmen conspired to hide evidence of torture and deaths of detainees ...

Assad, images of the former dictator persist throughout Syria, not least on the country's banknotes. On December 30, the ...

Official data released by the Saudi government said 243 people were executed in drug-related cases in 2025 alone, according to AFP's tally.

US President Donald Trump threatened on Friday to come to the aid of protesters in Iran if security forces fire on them, days ...

Bashar Assad’s cousin and Maher Assad’s daughter, Sham Assad, also appeared to celebrate her 22nd birthday with an ...

A program that offers amnesty and aid to Alawites has been met with suspicion by many in the minority. There is also broader ...

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

People around the globe toasted the end of 2025 as the clock ticked down on Wednesday, bidding farewell to one of the hottest ...

Sporadic clashes between the Israel Defense Forces and Gaza militants -- plus deadly IDF strikes -- continue despite the Gaza ...

U.S. Central Command, which oversees the Middle East, said 11 missions were carried out over the past 10 days.

Family friend, sources in Russia and Syria, and leaked data help give rare insight into life of dictator’s reclusive household In 2011, a group of teenage boys spray-painted a warning on to a wall in ...