The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) released footage of an undercover raid inside Syria conducted months ago and aimed at ...

Assad’s father brutally crushed an uprising in Hama, creating a blueprint for repression. Decades later, Syrians can now ...

The Syrian army has withdrawn from the central city of Hama after insurgents broke through its defenses, the military said Thursday, in another setback for President Bashar Assad. The announcement ...

Ragheed Tatari was arrested in 1982 for refusing to carry out orders from then-President Hafez al-Assad to bomb civilians - ...

Syrian rebels have driven government forces from Hama, a major city that the country’s regime had held over more than a decade of civil war, further weakening President Bashar al-Assad’s grip ...

Syrian insurgents announced on Thursday that they have entered parts of the central city of Hama following three days of intense fighting with government forces. The Syrian army also confirmed that it ...

More than four decades ago, Hafez Assad, then president of Syria, launched what came to be known as the Hama Massacre. Between 10,000 to 40,000 people were killed or disappeared in the government ...

The withdrawal marks a setback for President Bashar al-Assad. LONDON -- Syrian state media said Thursday that government forces were withdrawing from the city of Hama in the face of a rebel ...

Syria’s de facto new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has tried to cast his leadership as one that will protect minorities, including ...

BEIRUT (AP) — It was one of the darkest moments in the modern history of the Arab world. More than four decades ago, Hafez Assad, then president of Syria, launched what came to be known as the ...

One of the darkest moments in the modern history of the Arab world happened more than four decades ago, when then-Syrian President Hafez Assad launched what came to be known as the Hama Massacre.