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Alaa Hassan was 25 years old when the uprisings against Bashar al-Assad began in Syria. He was part of the movement that grew ...

Neighbors and colleagues reported on each other everywhere. Now, Syrians are shadowed by the question of who among them had ...

Trump’s lifting of U.S. sanctions on Syria marks a push to bring the country back into the Western sphere of influence following the ouster of Bashar al-Assad.

The European Union’s top diplomat says the EU will lift sanctions on Syria’s economy but keep those in place targeting the ...

For decades, former president Bashar al-Assad, his relatives and allies enjoyed wide-ranging privileges before his overthrow in a lightning Islamist-led offensive in December. Equestrian sports surged ...

LATAKIA, Syria — At first glance, Latakia looks to be one of the better places in Syria. Nestled on the Syrian coast, it was spared the worst horrors of the country’s 14-year civil war.

May 19 - Syria is seeking to reintegrate itself into the global economy after spending decades as a pariah under the rule of Bashar al-Assad, raising the question of whether the new government in ...

Six months after Ahmad al-Sharaa led the ousting of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad he was shaking hands with Donald Trump, who would go on to describe him as a “young, attractive guy”.

An aerial view of the site where thousands of people believed to be killed and buried by the ousted regime of Bashar al-Assad, considered one of the largest mass grave site to be discovered in Al ...