A former army officer who helped Hafez al-Assad seize power in a 1970 coup and establish his iron rule, Rifaat continued to ...

The brother and uncle of Syrian tyrants, he commanded a unit that killed up to 40,000 civilians in a 1982 uprising against ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Israeli army soldier holds a portrait of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad by a vehicle near the Druze village of Majdal ...

Thousands of documents and interviews with Assad-era officials reveal how the regime worked to conceal evidence of its atrocities during the Syrian civil war. Pictures of missing Syrians pasted on a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Syrians holds flags as they gather to mark the first anniversary of Bashar al-Assad A former Assad brigadier-general for the elite ...

Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa unveiled on Monday new banknotes replacing those showing ousted ruler Bashar al-Assad and his family, hoping the Syrian pound can regain some of the value lost to over a ...

Mass grave site, located at old desert arms depot, is under guard by Syrian military forces Desert military installation, vacated during Assad cover-up, has been reactivated Investigation is probing ...

Dec 29 - Syria’s government has ordered soldiers to guard a mass grave created to conceal atrocities under Bashar al-Assad and has opened a criminal investigation, following a Reuters report that ...

Lebanese authorities have arrested a Syrian citizen suspected of sending money to fighters loyal to former Syrian President Bashar Assad in Syria.

New government offers amnesty and aid to Alawites to mend ties Reconciliation effort involves controversial figures Efforts seen as symbolic amid ongoing distrust and insecurity QARDAHA, Syria, Dec 30 ...

DAMASCUS—The family of Abdu Kharouf, a moderate Muslim preacher in a dirt-poor section of Damascus, had been haunted for half a decade by questions of how exactly he ended up in a prison run by ...