Austin Tice’s abduction was approved by Syria’s former leader Bashar al-Assad, a source claims.

Discontent is testing President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s ability to unify a country emerging from 14 years of conflict.

The ex-president is convicted of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during the country's civil war.

The latest sentence against Wassim al-Assad comes a week after ousted President Bashar al-Assad was sentenced to death ...

Bashar al-Assad is the former president of Syria who held power for decades before his government was overthrown during a rebel offensive. Assad fled to Moscow and was granted political asylum after ...

Former Syrian president Bashar al Assad has been sentenced to death in absentia for crimes against humanity and war crimes, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A photo released by the official Syrian Arab news agency (SANA) on 16 February shows then Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad went to Russia, a key ally to ...

The nearly quarter-century rule of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad came to a stunning end, when he fled the country by plane for an unknown destination as rebel troops stormed into the capital city of ...

A near-complete nuclear reactor built secretly during the rule of toppled Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad would have been able ...

A Syrian court on Tuesday sentenced ousted former President Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia after it convicted him on counts of murder, torture and crimes against humanity before and after the ...

Verdict relates to atrocities committed during the country’s 14-year civil war in which about 500,000 people died ...