The call to prayer rang out through the cold, still air at dawn on Monday from the historic Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria ...

President Bashar al-Assad has used the threat of U.S. attack as an opportunity for a campaign that portrays him as a steely commander-in-chief who will be the best guarantor against the destruction of ...

The 53-year-long rule of the al-Assad family ended on December 8, 2024, after a lightning 11-day offensive that took Syria and the world by surprise. The toppling of al-Assad also ended a long civil ...

For the first time in 16 years, I took the opportunity to go to Damascus, where I was born but have never lived. I was expecting an emotional reckoning of the weight of reconnecting with a heritage ...

Assad is said to be living a life of reclusion in Moscow, but rumors say he is also doing business, while his brother plots a return.

Mohammad Marwan has been struggling to rebuild his life after being released from Syria’s Saydnaya prison a year ago ...

Muslim-majority countries worried Israel aims to transfer Gazans to Egypt with opening of Rafah Crossing * ICC deputy ...

Syria is struggling to heal a year after the Assad dynasty's repressive 50-year reign came to an end following 14 years of civil war that left the country battered and divided.

It's been one year since Syria toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad. How the nation is marking the anniversary Monday.