Syria’s Civil Defense has uncovered over two dozen charred bodies in two basements in rural Damascus, adding to the growing ...

But such research was conducted while Assad was still in power, and it has only been several weeks since Assad fell. As a ...

A few days after the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad fled into exile, in December, an elderly woman sat on the sidewalk ...

QARDAHA, LATAKIA, Syria — There is a long, winding road leading to what was once the family home of ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad just outside Latakia on Syria's Mediterranean coast.

Officers say the move aims to instil a sense of morality as they race to fill a security vacuum after dismantling ousted ...

DEIR SHMAYEL, Syria — In the mountains east of Syria’s Mediterranean coast, armed patrols root out Assad loyalists, masked gunmen monitor checkpoints and residents fret every strange face coul ...

Such products are now openly on sale in Damascus, and foreign currency is once again traded without fear. Under Assad, Syria was mired in corruption, under heavy economic sanctions, and in seemingly ...

Despite Syrian President Bashar Assad's ouster last month in a lightning ... while Washington has eased some restrictions without fully lifting its sanctions. The U.S. Treasury Department issued ...

UN urges West to lift sanctions against post-Assad Syria 01/26/2025 January 26, 2025 The UN refugee agency says 200,000 Syrians have already returned home since the fall of Bashar Assad.

Washington had already eased sanctions on Syria following Assad's overthrow, with the EU widely expected to follow suit when it addresses the issue at its next foreign ministers' meeting on Monday.

Syria’s war began in 2011 when Assad unleashed a crackdown on democracy protests, prompting soldiers to defect from the army and civilians to take up weapons. When Eastern Ghouta, where ...