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 ...

Lifting of sanctions by US, EU, UK, Switzerland opens 'promising pathways to recovery,' say experts - Anadolu Ajansı ...

France's highest court has overturned an arrest warrant issued in 2023 for the former Syrian president. However, it found ...

The French Cour de Cassation, on Friday, annulled an arrest warrant against the former president of Syria, Bashar Al-Assad, holding that sitting foreign leaders are immune from prosecution. On the ...

AFP via Getty Images A broken portrait of Bashar al-Assad, is seen on on the ground at Mezzah Military Airport on December 16, 2024 in Damascus, Syria. Getty Images ...

Seven months of relative calm in Syria came to a bloody end last week, when what began as local skirmishes escalated into the ...

This aerial view shows a man crossing a road near defaced billboard atop a building depicting Syria's ousted president Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on December 24, 2024. On December 24, 2024, a ...

Since former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad was toppled last year after a nearly 14-year civil war, his successors have called on the international community to lift sanctions imposed against the ...

Six months ago, the once seemingly impossible became reality: Syria's long-time ruler Bashar al-Assad was overthrown after years of brutal civil war. More than five decades of authoritarian rule ...

Under Israeli bombardment and diplomatic pressure, Ahmed al-Sharaa pulled troops from Syria's Druze heartland -- a move that ...

UNITED NATIONS — Three months following the overthrow of President Bashar Assad, Syria is at a crossroads, the top U.N. envoy for the country said Tuesday. Geir Pedersen told the U.N. Security ...

The White House said it would monitor the new Syrian government's actions including "taking concrete steps toward normalising ...