A fragile ceasefire between Syria's government and Kurdish-led forces has temporarily eased tensions in the country's ...

There is a shared history of Kurdish movements and Palestinian resistance working together, although this relationship is not ...

With SDF fighters now cornered in Hassakeh province, this latest victory by interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa could mark the ...

The regime's opponents will hope for more pressure to accelerate the process, writes the BBC's international editor.

One year after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) publishes the profiles of the media professionals who disappeared or were taken hostage under his rule and who ...

The first wave of detentions in the new Syria came almost immediately – just after victorious rebels flung open the doors of Bashar al-Assad’s notorious prisons. As ordinary Syrians stormed detention ...

Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is living in near-isolation in Russia, sidelined by President Vladimir Putin, one year after fleeing Syria following the collapse of his rule, according to a ...

Extensive Russian influence in Syria goes back to the Soviet era and survived the collapse of the USSR and the end of communism. It appears that now Russian influence in Syria has survived the fall of ...

DAMASCUS, Syria—During 13 years of revolution and war, the Syrian dictatorship of President Bashar al-Assad set a high water mark for cruelty in the 21st century, disappearing tens of thousands of ...

The Assad family's oppressive half-century rule ended one year ago this week, as Bashar al-Assad fled for Russia amid an insurgent takeover after he spent more than 12 years slaughtering his own ...

The fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in December 2024 dealt a major blow to Iran, depriving it of a key Mediterranean base and supply route to Hezbollah. Iran spent up to $50 billion ...