Syrians took to the streets to celebrate one year since the fall of the Assad regime, but in the background post-war reconstruction has been slow and sectarian violence is on the rise. Lina Sinjab has ...

Bashar al Assad, born in Damascus in 1965, ruled Syria for more than two decades after succeeding his father, Hafez al Assad, in 2000.

Assad's regime, Syrians also celebrate another coming milestone: the lifting of sanctions, which could help give the country ...

Just one year ago Syria's brutal and seemingly eternal Assad family dictatorship was toppled.The long-entrenched Russian-backed regime fell in a matter of ten days to a series of lightning offensives ...

Rights groups say the attacks on Alawite women appear to be the acts of individuals, not systematic. But rights workers and ...

A group of Syrian-American Jews has registered a nongovernmental organization in Syria to restore Jewish heritage ...

Despite Russia's previous support for Assad, Russian influence in Syria not only endures thanks to energy ties but has ...

Early Monday morning in Aleppo, soldiers lined the streets near the old city walls, standing in loose formation beside ...

Syria's new government faces accusations of extremism as U.S. mediates complex negotiations between Damascus and Jerusalem ...

DAMASCUS-During 13 years of revolution and war, the Syrian dictatorship of President Bashar al-Assad set a high water mark for cruelty in the 21st century, disappearing tens of thousands of perceived ...

The Trump administration is failing to take steps to prevent Russia from reestablishing its Mediterranean Sea foothold in Syria.

Jamil Hassan left behind a legacy of deaths and torture when he escaped the Syrian revolution last year. Now his former victims are trying to bring him to justice.