Since Islamist rebels overthrew the Assad dictatorship in Syria, Egypt, with parallels in its own recent history, has watched ...

A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 ...

Syria's transitional President Ahmed al-Sharaa will visit Saudi Arabia on Sunday, the Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV reported on ...

The visit by Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa to the Gulf Arab state could signal his government's strategy of moving away from Iranian influence. Ousted leader Bashar Assad was backed by ...

Syria’s de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, on Wednesday abolished the country’s constitution and declared himself president ...

Saudi Arabia is pushing world governments to lift international sanctions on Damascus as it looks to shape the future of a ...

stands guard near an image of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad at the fourth division headquarters in Damascus, Syria, on January 23, 2025 [Yamam Al Shaar/Reuters] After the 2011 Arab Spring uprising ...

Sharaa, promised Thursday to hold a "national dialogue conference" in his first address to the nation since the fall of ...

Nearly two months after the ouster of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad ... repressed a popular uprising during the Arab Spring in 2011. Since al-Assad’s removal, HTS has become the de facto ruling ...

Assad’s final ouster appeared abrupt, it had its roots in Syria’s 2011 antigovernment protests, and Syrians will now face ...

Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, has been named as Syria’s president for a transitional period.