Having started on 19 July and lasted for about five days, with considerable bloodshed and subsequent displacements, the ...

A Syrian fact-finding committee on Tuesday confirmed that 1,426 people - mostly civilians, including many Alawites - were ...

A video purporting to show the execution-style murder of American Hosam Saraya raises new questions about the Trump-endorsed ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) -A Syrian fact-finding committee said on Tuesday that 1,426 people had died in March in attacks on security ...

After over a decade in exile, many Syrians living abroad are contemplating what was once unthinkable: going home. But what ...

A fact-finding committee presented findings on a wave of sectarian killings earlier this year. Human rights experts said the ...

A 35-year old Syrian American man was among hundreds of people killed during sectarian violence in southern Syria last week — ...

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Bashar al-Assad is the second son of Hafez al-Assad, a military officer who led a coup in 1970 and ruled Syria for nearly 30 years. Born in Damascus, the younger Assad was just 5 years old when ...

Before Bashar al-Assad became president, he was viewed by various Syrian social groups as rather bookish, not someone with the instincts or the drive to lead a country.

After nearly 14 years of devastating war, the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has come to an end, with rebel forces taking control of the capital Damascus. The 24-year rule of Assad ...