When Hafez al-Assad, an Alawite minority member, seized control of the Ba'ath Party in Syria in 1970, he faced a significant ...

Discover more about Syria's religious demographics – what are the biggest & smallest groups & where do they live in the country?

Lebanon – home to thousands of Syrian refugees – has long suffered at the hands of the Assad family’s 54-year rule.

Nadia’s eyes were full of tears as she crossed the border from Syria to Lebanon. She was finally going to see her son. A ...

The last public sighting of Assad was in a meeting with the Iranian Foreign Minister, on 1 December, when he vowed to "crush" ...

Syrian rebel fighters have destroyed the tomb of late president Hafez al-Assad, father of ousted president Bashar, in the ...

New Delhi: The modern-day Syria with its capital in Damascus is considered as an Arab Islamic country where the majority of ...

Israeli statements make clear these bombings aim to shatter Syria’s ability to militarily defend its territory and, thus, to ...

Shiite convert Jack Danaher Molloy, 24, tried to join Hezbollah during his travels to Lebanon and Syria during the October 7 ...

The British publication, The Independent, reported that Shia Muslims from Iraq are involved in the protection of the revered ...

Iran has been deeply at odds with the United States and its allies since its 1979 revolution. However, its aggressive ...