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For decades, former president Bashar al-Assad, his relatives and allies enjoyed wide-ranging privileges before his overthrow in a lightning Islamist-led offensive in December. Equestrian sports surged ...

RABAT — Morocco said Saturday it would reopen its embassy in Damascus, signaling renewed support for Syria after the overthrow of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, as Damascus announced a similar ...

Al-Sharaa led the rebel offensive that toppled the Assad regime in 2024. He's a former al-Qaeda insurgent who fought against U.S. forces in Iraq and served time in the infamous Abu Ghraib prison.

Syria says it will form commissions for Assad-era missing persons and transitional justice The two commissions – one to investigate the fate of tens of thousands missing under Bashar al-Assad's ...

Syria on Saturday announced the formation of a national commission for missing persons and another for transitional justice, more than five months after the ouster of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.

Abu Ayman said he “was always in favor of my neighborhood people.” In the months since President Bashar al-Assad’s fall, the unresolved tension between these two Sunni Muslim families has ...

At least three people have been killed in a blast targeting a police station in the eastern Syrian town of Al-Mayadeen, the SANA state news agency has reported, citing a security source.

While seen as a new broom that did away with the government of President Bashar al-Assad in such stunning fashion, al-Sharaa’s bristles remain blood speckled. The scene says it all: a meeting ...

The top US diplomat spoke after a series of bloody attacks on the Alawite and Druze minorities in Syria, where Islamist-led fighters in December toppled Bashar al-Assad in a lightning offensive after ...

Rubio made the case for engaging the new Syrian government and Sharaa, a former insurgent who five months ago led a coalition of rebel groups to topple Syria’s longtime dictator, Bashar al-Assad. The ...

Hadi said hearing US President Donald Trump say recently that he planned to lift sanctions on Syria after Islamists toppled president Bashar al-Assad last year was "amazing". "I don't think the ...