This account of al-Assad’s fall, much of which has not been previously reported, is based on interviews with Syrian, Iranian, ...

The ancient city, an early stronghold of opposition to Bashar al-Assad’s oppressive regime, was ravaged by a government crackdown. New York Times correspondents in Homs spoke to people who were ...

Ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad says he had no plans to leave the country after the fall of Damascus a week ago but the ...

Syrian rebels seized Damascus on Sunday, and long-time President Bashar Assad fled the battle-scarred country amid the stunning collapse of his regime after 13 years of war. Assad and his family ...

Bashar al-Assad was no one’s idea of a despot. And when he freed some of Syria’s political prisoners in 2000, the West had more to go on than “vibes”. France gave him the Legion of Honour ...

DAMASCUS (AP) — Exuberant Syrians observed the first Friday prayers since the ouster of President Bashar Assad, gathering in the capital's historic main mosque, its largest square and around the ...

Syrians gathered in the capital city of Damascus for the first Friday prayers since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s rule nearly a week ago. The leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the ...

BEIRUT (AP) — After insurgents toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad this month, many senior officials and members of his dreaded intelligence and security services appear to have melted away.

A recent poll conducted in Turkey has revealed that a majority of the public in the country is satisfied with the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in Syria. Just over 51 percent of respondents said ...

The image of Russians in the eyes of the Syrian population is not always as negative as that of Iran or Assad’s people. In general, there still may be a place for Russia in post-Assad Syria (although ...

Crowds in Damascus celebrate the legacy of Mazen al-Hamada while rebels want to ‘move beyond the men with guns’ Few could bear to look long at his face, with its sunken, sorrowful eyes so full ...

Mazen al-Hamada was laid to rest in central Damascus on Thursday - Afshar Films Few could bear to look long at his face, with its sunken, sorrowful eyes so ... darkness of the Assad regime in ...