Syria’s new authorities have announced the arrest of Atif Najib, a former senior security officer and cousin of ousted President Bashar al-Assad. Najib is seen by many as being responsible for ...

Gunmen in Syria have shot dead 10 people in a "massacre" in a village home to members of ousted President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite minority, a war monitor said on Saturday, February 1 ...

DAMASCUS - Syrian authorities have arrested a former senior security officer and cousin of ousted leader Bashar al-Assad seen by some as responsible for sparking the country's 2011 uprising due to ...

DAMASCUS, Syria—The Syrian factions that toppled President Bashar Assad last month named an Islamist former rebel leader as the country’s interim president on Wednesday in a push to project a ...

HASSAKEH, Syria — The commander of the main U.S.-backed force in Syria said Sunday the recent ouster of the Assad family from power should be followed by building a secular, civil and ...

In late January 1982, forces loyal to then-President Hafez al-Assad laid siege on the city under the pretext of suppressing an uprising by the Muslim Brotherhood group. The attack was led by the ...

US troops should stay in Syria Speaking about IS, which his group played a major role in defeating, Abdi said that the extremists took advantage after the fall of Assad and captured large amounts ...

A new leader chosen after the fall of Assad The Assad family's 54-year rule in Syria came to an end in early December when insurgents led by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, captured ...

US-Backed Commander Says His Kurdish-Led Group Wants a Secular and Civil State in Post-Assad Syria HASSAKEH, Syria (AP) — The commander of the main U.S.-backed force in Syria said Sunday the ...