Once hailed as a Western-friendly reformer, Bashar al-Assad transformed into one of the world’s most brutal autocrats. From ...

From a Bond villain lair in the rugged heights overlooking Damascus, the all-seeing eye of a notorious Syrian military unit gazed down on a city that it bled dry.

Syrians had remained silent about the bodies dumped in countless basements by Assad’s forces. Rescue teams now are moving ...

The former deposed dictator will continue to enjoy luxury in one of the 22 apartments they bought in one of the richest ...

Under Mr Assad Syria sank from middle-income status to abject poverty. Women saw branches off trees for heating. Children ...

The reported fighting in the capital, Damascus, and the second city of Aleppo marked the first such clashes there since the fall of the regime of Bashar al-Assad.

Syria’s interim government has announced the end of a days-long military operation against insurgents loyal to ousted president Bashar Assad and his family in the worst fighting since the end of the 1 ...

More than 70 people have been killed and dozens injured in clashes between Syrian security forces and fighters linked to the toppled leader Bashar al-Assad, according to a war monitor. Syria's new ...

Syria's foreign minister vowed on Wednesday to swiftly rid the country of chemical weapons remaining after the downfall of ...

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Thursday that 28 fighters “loyal” to ousted President Bashar al-Assad were killed by security forces in fighting in the Latakia province town of ...

Syrian authorities face insurgency by Assad's Alawite sect Over 120 reported killed, toll unverified by Reuters Saudi Arabia supports Syrian government against insurgency DAMASCUS, March 7 ...

DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Fighters linked to Syria's ousted leader Bashar al-Assad mounted a deadly attack on government forces on Thursday, authorities said, in some of the worst violence against the ...