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An Indonesian woman who felt duped into joining the Islamic State’s ”caliphate“ in Syria tells TIME of the challenges of returning home—and what it means to be granted a second chance.

Maha Janoud spent years working in football before leaving Syria. With Assad gone, she now has hopes for the future ...

Syria's former President Bashar Al-Assad fled to Moscow when rebel forces captured Damascus after a stunning sweep across the ...

The commander of the main U.S.-backed force in Syria says that the recent ouster of the Assad family from power should be ...

A few days after the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad fled into exile, in December, an elderly woman sat on the sidewalk ...

Assad, meanwhile, had fled. HTS ... stood guard in jeans and a camouflage shirt. Other local fighters showed off a site where they were storing tanks abandoned by the former army. “Currently these are ...

Syria's interim rulers are trying to form a united national army after the fall of Bashar Assad late last year.

Syria's interim rulers are trying to form a united national army after the fall of Bashar Assad late last year NAWA ... stood guard in jeans and a camouflage shirt. Other local fighters showed off a ...

Germany announced its strong support Tuesday for UN-led efforts to assist in the investigation and prosecution of Bashar Assad regime officials responsible for war crimes and human rights ...

Iran’s inability to support Bashar al-Assad’s regime and prevent its collapse, coupled with recent significant blows to Hizballah and Israeli strikes within Iranian borders, underscores Tehran’s ...