There was no immediate confirmation that ISIS' top leader, Abu Hafs al-Qurayshi, was the target, but Syrian state media ...

A U.S. military raid in northwestern Syria killed a senior Islamic State member, a potential ISIS leader. Conducted in Idlib ...

A Syrian security source and Syria's state-owned Al-Ikhbariya said the target was killed as he tried to escape, as US ...

A group of bipartisan lawmakers met with Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus, part of a growing group in Congress ...

In US-brokered talks, Syria and Israel discussed restoring a 1974 ceasefire to de-escalate tensions following the fall of ...

A Syrian commission for missing persons estimated that between 120,000 and 300,000 people have gone missing during more than ...

The Assad government forcefully disappeared at least 3,700 children whose parents were disloyal to the regime. The figures ...

Here’s a look at the life of Bashar al-Assad, who was president of Syria from 2000 to 2024. Personal Birth date: September 11, 1965 Birth place: Damascus, Syria Father: Hafez Assad, late Syrian ...

Syrians awakened on Monday to a hopeful if uncertain future after rebels seized the capital, Damascus, and President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia following 13 years of civil war and more than 50 ...

Basil al-Assad, who was already being groomed to control Syria, died in a car crash in 1994, paving the way for his younger brother Bashar to assume power when their father died.

1994 - Syrian President Hafez Assad’s oldest son and heir apparent, Basel, dies in a car accident. Second son Bashar, is called back from medical training in Britain and is groomed to take over ...

-- President Bashar al-Assad of Syria is the center of attention in the aftermath of a United States airstrike against a Syrian air base where a chemical attack was initiated earlier this week.