One of those was the Assad summer home, with a private beach on the Mediterranean. (Ayman Oghanna for NPR) QARDAHA, LATAKIA, ...

Assad, the ophthalmologist-turned-dictator who ruled Syria with an iron fist. This video examines his early promises of ...

The trailer has been met with enthusiasm, as people express excitement over a cinema industry without the censorship and ...

A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 uprising has been detained inside Syria, according to state news agency SANA.

Donald Trump’s pick to oversee 18 intelligence agencies with a $100 billion spy budget is facing renewed scrutiny over an ...

In the joyous, febrile weeks since Bashar al-Assad’s fall, attention has understandably focused on the bravery of Syrians who took up arms against him over the years of barbaric struggle.

From Donald Trump being shot at a campaign rally to Bashar al-Assad's shock overthrow, Newsweek writers on the moment of 2024: plus have your say. "I believe there will be violent fighting ...

It also doesn't mention one key point: What happens to Bashar al-Assad?" Maybe it's just a coincidence that Iran, one of the regime's few remaining allies, let this glimpse at a post-Assad Syria ...

The Muhajireen presidential palace in central Damascus, one of the Syrian capital's most beautiful architectural landmarks, bears few scars from the looting that took place in December 2024 as the end ...

The rebel chief who led the overthrow of the longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad has been declared the head of government for a transitional period. By Euan Ward Reporting from Beirut, Lebanon Ahmed ...