Vladimir Putin offering refuge to ex-Syrian tyrant Bashar al-Assad in Moscow is undermining Russia’s talks to keep its forces in the wartorn country, according to British defence chiefs.

AS NEWS OF the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime and the dictator’s flight spread over the weekend, many Syrians rushed to the public squares to celebrate. In Damascus, women draped in the ...

To applause, percussionist Bahjat Antaki took to the stage with Syria’s national symphony orchestra for the first classical concert at the Damascus Opera House since President Bashar al-Assad ...

The hopes of liberalization raised at the start of Hafez al-Assad's son's rule were short-lived. Urged by his family, the heir chose the status quo and consolidated his power by perpetuating his ...

Bushra Bibi, the former first lady and wife of PTI founder Imran Khan, has refused to provide answers to police questioning during an investigation related to 20 protest cases. Police teams ...

Series'The al-Assad saga' (Part 1/4). Before joining the military and building an Alawite caste around himself, Hafez al-Assad was a fervent supporter of the pan-Arab ideological movement.

Damascus (AFP) – A former minister under ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has turned himself in, the interior ministry said Tuesday, making him one of the highest-profile figures captured ...

LOUAI BESHARA/AFP via Getty Images In Sweden, I met Razouk, a refugee who had fled Syria after being threatened by the Assad regime and severely tortured by a fundamentalist group. He had ...

NBC News’ Hala Gorani spoke with Assad’s former communications director about the longtime dictator’s final hours in the country that his family controlled for decades. IE 11 is not supported.

marking the second attack there in three days and the country’s deadliest since Bashar al-Assad was toppled from power in December. The presidency’s statement said it will hold the ...

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A new leader chosen after the fall of Assad The Assad family's 54-year rule in Syria came to an end in early December when insurgents led by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, captured ...