She did not know who the men were - extremists, government security forces, or someone else entirely - but the message was ...

A cemetery near Damascus was transformed into an industrial-scale mass grave for Syrians who opposed President Bashar ...

Syria’s iron-fisted leader Bashar al-Assad is the second generation of an autocratic family dynasty that held power for more than five decades and his disappearance amid a lighting rebel advance ...

In a stunning shift in Middle Eastern politics, Syria, under the leadership of Bashar al-Assad, has rejoined the Arab League after 12 years of political isolation. This dramatic turn of events was ...

Thousands of Syrian refugees are going back to their homeland but conditions there remain extremely challenging ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.