In the Turkmen mountains in northwestern Syria, humanitarian workers who have become the new Syrian Civil Defense are ...

They were on opposite sides during Syria's civil war and now must do lifesaving work together. A makeshift brick wall divides ...

On May 23, 2025, approximately five months after the Assad regime was overthrown, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of ...

Ahmed al-Sharaa led HTS, considered a jihadist group for years. Now, he has replaced Assad as Syria’s new president. And he ...

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week lifting sanctions on Syria as a way to help the country's transitional government gain its footing.

Shiite rituals for Ashoura in Damascus have drastically changed after the fall of Syria's former President Bashar Assad.

Bashar al-Assad’s regime detained a million people during the Syrian war. Saydnaya was the regime’s most notorious prison. In a video drawn from the documentary ‘Syria’s Detainee Files ...

Posters of Assad and his father, Hafez, had been torn down by those they had oppressed. Tanks and military uniforms were scattered along the road, evidence of a regime that had fled in haste.

After nearly 14 years of civil war, Syria's Assad regime crumbled in a stunning series of rebel advances culminating in the capture of Damascus. Spearheaded by the HTS-led coalition, with support ...

Ousted Syrian ruler used private jet to move cash, valuables, and documents to Abu Dhabi, sources say Plane made four flights in last days of Assad's regime, the last one from Russian base Jet ...