The ex-dictator's methods are highlighted by tons of documents that weren't burned in the fall of the regime. Mamdouh, a rebel who fought in the Syrian town of Soueida on December 8, 2024, recounts: “The regime put up a lot of resistance to us here,

Iranians and Israelis have been banned from flying to Syria, which is under new leadership since last month's overthrow of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, an airport source said.International flights resumed at Syria's main airport in Damascus on January 7,

Documents circulating on social media claiming Syria's former first lady Asma al-Assad was a spy for British intelligence have been described as "likely forged".

After the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, The New York Times joined a group of former rebel soldiers trying to enforce law and order in a country grappling with the ghosts of its past.

Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad were allegedly communicating before rebels took over the Syrian government in December.

Chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court Karim Khan met Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa on Friday, state media reported, as last month's ouster of Bashar al-Assad sparks hopes for justice.

The huge toppled statue of former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad in the Damascus countryside town of Deir Atiyam in Qalamoun remains a symbol of the overthrow of his son Bashar al-Assad's regime last December.

Assad’s government in December 2024 created new possibilities to ensure accountability for years of atrocity crimes and the opportunity to establish a new government that respects human rights.

The new Syria without Bashar Al Assad will ensure the teaching of minority languages without discrimination, although Arabic will be the primary language of instruction in public schools, where the main reform will now be to eliminate Al Assad's propaganda,

A video shared on X purports to show former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visiting his aunt’s home in Moscow, Russia. Verdict: False The claim is false, as the video shows al-Assad visiting a wounded member of the Syrian Army in Hama in 2017.

A new type of Syrian refugee is fleeing across the border into Lebanon: those who once supported dictator Bashar Al-Assad.

Syria's new leadership has seized abandoned military housing lived in by former high-ranking Republican Guard soldiers who fled following the ousting of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, but questions remain over how to rehome large numbers of low-ranking soldiers who don't have the means to relocate themselves.