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

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 ...

But they paid a heavy price for their defiance. At least 700 were killed in one of the worst massacres of the war in August ...

As Bashar al-Assad fled for Moscow, the doors of his notorious prison flew open. And one man, after six long years behind bars, made his way home, broken but alive.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Syrian rebels reportedly planted bombs inside the Syrian army's General Staff headquarters in central Damascus on Sunday, Reuters reported. President Bashar al-Assad's forces bulldozed at least 20 ...

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 ...