In a wide-ranging interview, the political economist Helen Thompson discusses how the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria has ...

People in the Jaramana suburb of Damascus always thought something strange was happening at the nearby state security facility. Walled off and heavily guarded, the government compound was off limits ...

A Russian Telegram channel has claimed that Bashar al Assad may have been poisoned, sparking online speculation about the ...

Syria's foreign and defence ministers met with Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman in Riyadh on Thursday in a ...

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

Syria’s minority Alawite community is gripped by terror as reports spread of killings and disappearances under the country’s new Islamist rulers.

In images captured by Associated Press photographers in December, rifle-toting opposition fighters celebrated in the streets ...

This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Anita Baca and Assistant Director of Global Photo Production Courtney Dittmar, highlights some of the most compelling images from around the world made or ...

Finding the remnants of the old dictatorship and bringing them to justice has emerged as a top priority for the new ...

Lebanese officials say the wife and daughter of one of deposed Syrian president Bashar Assad’s cousins have been arrested at ...