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

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

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 ...

DAMASCUS, Sept 16 - Syria's parliament voted on Wednesday to abolish an Assad-era terrorism court and nullify the legal ...

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

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

Syria sentences Bashar al-Assad to death for crimes against humanity during the 14-year civil war, as he remains in Moscow.

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

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 ...

Moscow maintains military foothold in the Mediterranean following talks with Damascus ...

It was the first Syrian conviction against Assad, who was ousted in 2024 and fled to Russia, ending decades of his family's ...

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