Gabbard’s 2017 trip to Syria, where she met with authoritarian leader Bashar al-Assad, is expected to be a focus of questions ...

The fall of Assad ushers in a new stage of competition for power in Syria and the region. Everyone is trying to claim they’re winning. But Iran and Russia have both suffered a major blow with ...

After Assad: Is Syria the New Libya in the Mediterranean ... in those politics and the nation’s history. Ilangamuwa, who edits the Sri Lanka Guardian and was the editor of the human rights ...

A man in fatigues walked around with a poster of ousted president Bashar al-Assad’s face on a stick, asking the men to spit on it. All obliged. Since taking power this month, the new interim ...

The Syrian Revolution flag has replaced the Assad regime's flag in textbooks. Changes to Poetry: - Poems focusing on women and love have been scrapped. Edits to Religious Content: - Quranic verses ...

Syrian dictator Bashar Assad has fled the country and his government has fallen to rebels, a swift and stunning collapse after more than a decade of civil war. The country is now enveloped in joy ...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad oversaw a merciless crackdown on a pro-democracy revolt that morphed into one of the bloodiest wars of the century. After facing down nationwide protests demanding ...

Syrian rescuers searched a jail synonymous with the worst atrocities of ousted president Bashar al-Assad's rule, as people in the capital flocked to a central square Monday to celebrate their ...

This was until President Bashar al-Assad’s 24-year rule over Damascus collapsed within hours this month. The Syrian civil war was both, in hibernation, and frozen in a status quo. Since 2011 ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese officials say the wife and daughter of one of deposed Syrian president Bashar Assad’s cousins have been arrested at the Beirut airport. They were attempting to fly out ...