Assad oversaw Syria's slide into a brutal civil war in 2011. His security forces sought to crush a mass protest movement ...

One year ago, a group of Syrian rebels announced they had taken Damascus, ending the rule of Bashar al-Assad. Photographer ...

As Bashar al-Assad fled for Moscow, the doors of his notorious prison flew open. And one man, after six long years behind ...

A demonstrator stands on a photograph of President Bashar al-Assad during a protest outside the Syrian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, on Dec. 8, 2024. automation In a stunning turn, the regime of ...

Rebels pressed their guerrilla fight to topple Syria's regime deeper into the capital on Friday, ambushing troops and attacking police stations as thousands of terrified civilians fled to Lebanon and ...

Many Syrians around the world celebrated the entry of rebels into the country's capital, Damascus, as a victory in a long campaign for greater freedoms after a harsh crackdown that followed a 2011 ...

Fireworks lit the sky and music blared on Monday in the center of Syria’s capital, Damascus, as tens of thousands of people ...

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s regime is nearing collapse as rebel forces claim to have entered Damascus. In the suburbs of the capital, anti-regime protesters were seen tearing down posters of ...

DAMASCUS (AP) -- At Damascus' international airport, the new head of security -- one of the rebels who marched across Syria to the capital -- arrived with his team. The few maintenance workers who ...

BEIRUT — Opposition forces targeted Damascus with mortars, a roadside bomb and a suicide attack on Sunday as they pressed ahead in their quest for the seat of President Bashar Assad’s power. Outside ...

With the threat of using chemical weapons now off the table, the Syrian regime has apparently turned to even more punitive actions to force rebellious citizens into submission: blockade-induced ...