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 ...

Few places display the cost of civil war as starkly as Syria. On my first visit back since serving as the American ambassador from 1998 to 2001, the country is barely recognizable. The large, Sunni ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Army helicopters fly overhead during a parade by the new Syrian army marking the first anniversary of the ouster of Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, Syria, Dec. 8, 2025 (AP photo by Ghaith Alsayed).

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 ...

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 ...

The total number of dead detainees confirmed by a team of reporters from ICIJ. They conducted a data analysis of the photographs and confirmed the yearly totals. The data recorded at least 20 ...

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