"The armed forces realized that they were fighting without a cause," al-Hassan told UPI in a phone interview from Damascus. The war, he said, could have stopped in 2017 if Assad had accepted an ...

Such as the Republican Guard compound which looks down over Damascus, and was the headquarters of the feared commander General Bassam Al-Hassan, Assad's adviser for strategic affairs, who was ...

Syrian authorities said Tuesday they had arrested a former officer in the feared security apparatus of ousted ruler Bashar al ...

The US has charged two high-ranking officials of the fallen Assad regime with war crimes for allegedly torturing Syrian and American citizens, as rebels vow to hold the ousted leaders accountable.

The British government has lifted sanctions against a dozen Syrian entities, including government departments and media ...

For years, Hassan Al-Abbasi, Rania's brother, has been demanding information on their whereabouts. He has actively searched for the children following the ouster of Bashar al-Assad's government ...

Under Assad, conscription into the army was mandatory ... regime-controlled town of Masyaf in north-western Syria - Mounzer Hassan, Mohammed Mahmoud and Youssef Ghanoum - were killed.

Syrian security forces are currently engaged in battles against armed groups loyal to former officer Suhail al-Hassan who was ...

More than 70 people were killed and dozens more wounded in Syria in fighting between government security forces and militants loyal to deposed ruler Bashar al-Assad, a war monitor said Friday.