Former warlord Ghazwan Al Salmoni carved a niche in the Syrian civil war, commanding an abduction and extortion ring that ...

Locals in Idlib gathered to show their support for government forces on Thursday, March 6, after fighting broke out in coastal areas between the country’s new authorities and Assad loyalists.

Six months since the collapse of the Assad regime, the Russian military presence in Syria has remained entrenched in ...

Assad’s main military allies — Russia and Iran — abandoned him, ... They had ditched their uniforms and changed into civilian clothes. “We were already at our homes,” the officer said.

But the internal deterioration of Mr. al-Assad’s own military meant that when he needed his troops most, many chose to strip off their uniforms and get out of the rebels’ way.

Rebels in Syria took control of Assad Military Engineering Academy in Aleppo, Al Jazeera reported, citing opposition officials on December 1. Footage captured by local journalist Obada Jbara ...

On Sunday at 3 a.m. my mother woke me with a shaky voice. All our phones were ringing, and the TV was loud. “He fell, Zaina. He fell. Assad fell.” ...

Since Mr. al-Assad’s flight abroad on Sunday as rebels seized the capital, ... the body of a man in military uniform lay sprawled on the ground next to an abandoned pickup.

Posters of Assad and his father, Hafez, had been torn down by those they had oppressed. Tanks and military uniforms were scattered along the road, evidence of a regime that had fled in haste.

A uniform of a member of the Syrian army hangs from a wire fence outside Sednaya prison, after rebels seized the capital and announced that they had ousted President Bashar al-Assad, December 11 ...

Syrian fighter pilot Ragheed Tatari was 26 when he was arrested. Now 70, the country's longest-serving political prisoner is finally free after Bashar al-Assad's fall, seeking justice and ...