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.

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 ...

The leader of the former rebel group that toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad has been named the country’s interim ...

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.

Focus on Islamic teachings in police training raises concern among some Syrians Police trainers say this is to instil a sense of morality in recruits Bashar al-Assad's security forces had a ...

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 ...

Assad’s myriad security forces were widely ... Getty Images Women were detained for traveling without a male family member or immodest attire, a U.N. commission of inquiry said in a 2021 report.

PARIS - French investigating magistrates have issued an arrest warrant against ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad for suspected complicity in war crimes, notably the launch of a deliberate ...

Judges in France have reportedly issued a new arrest warrant against Syria's deposed leader Bashar al-Assad for alleged complicity in war crimes linked to a barrel bomb attack on civilians in 2017 ...