The report adds that despite a push for a ceasefire and a new de-confliction concept in Lebanon, “it is estimated that ...

President denies Damascus is seeking military role in neighbouring country ...

The front in the Syrian civil war is shifting: even if Damascus is still a long way off, Bashar al-Assad will be out of power when the cities of Hama and Homs fall. Find out why here.

US President Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday that Israel allow Syria to “deal with Hezbollah,” claiming Damascus would do a ...

In December, a band of rebel groups led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham shocked the world by ousting Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. HTS’s leader, Ahmed al-Shara, created a government to oversee the ...

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Firefighter Naser Brjas and White Helmet member Kinan Ali respond to an emergency call in Damascus on March 31, 2025. Every morning for 28 years, Haitham Nasrallah has opened his locker and put on his ...

Bashar al-Assad ruled Syria as president from July 2000-December 2024. His father, Hafez al-Assad, ruled Syria from 1970-2000. Roughly 4 million Syrians have fled to neighboring countries, according ...

Syrian sentenced to 26 years in prison by Dutch court for crimes against humanity - A Dutch court has convicted a Syrian man ...

Syria on Monday denied ever using chemical weapons in its four-year-old civil war, telling a global watchdog it was cooperating fully with the destruction of its toxic stockpile. Damascus’s rebuttal ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A Syrian man accused of crimes against humanity denied dozens of charges of torture and sexual violence in the opening of his trial in the Netherlands on Wednesday. The ...