The largest statue of Hafez Assad, overlooking the Qalamoun Region in Syria, has been demolished by rebels. (AP video by ...

Sense and political realism oblige writers to contain their emotions and focus on methodology and intellect, expressing joys and sorrows cautiously and only within reason. However, if our brief time ...

On the slopes of Mount Qasyun which overlooks Damascus, a network of tunnels links a military complex, tasked with defending ...

Syria’s 54-year dictatorship under Hafez al-Assad and his son Bashar, now exiled in Russia, was one of the world’s most despised regimes.

Saydnaya prison north of the Syrian capital Damascus has become a symbol of the inhumane abuses of the Assad clan, especially since the country's civil war erupted in 2011.

Syria’s new security forces have deployed in tanks in the city of Homs to search for militia members and former soldiers ...

When Syrian rebels roared into Damascus after a lightning advance on the capital, they exalted in their triumph over ...

The party that for decades ruled as part of the Assad dynasty is now being blamed for damaging relations with other Arab ...

Assad’s relatives have been arrested at Beirut airport with forged passports, while his uncle, who is wanted for war crimes, ...

The source said Rifaat al-Assad departed Lebanon around a week ago and "used a diplomatic passport", without naming his ...

Assad's uncle, Rifaat al-Assad, left the country via Beirut airport around a week ago, after rebels overthrew his nephew.

Israeli troops stormed one of the last hospitals operating in northern Gaza on Friday, forcing many staff and patients ...