The ‘Butcher of Hama’ and former Syrian vice president dies in exile at age 89.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People celebrate and wave Syrian flags as they mark the first anniversary of the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Damascus ...

Assad is said to be living a life of reclusion in Moscow, but rumors say he is also doing business, while his brother plots a return. As Syria celebrates one year since the fall of the Assad regime, ...

Exiled Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was hospitalized recently after being poisoned while hiding out in Russia, according to a human rights watchdog. al-Assad, a longtime ally of Russian President ...

Syria defies Russia in bid to keep Assad in power even as the two allies prepare an offensive to retake Aleppo. Putin Backs Assad, Says Russian Warplanes Could Redeploy to Syria in Hours Russian ...

French judges have issued arrest warrants for former Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad and six top aides for the killing and wounding of a group of journalists during the Syrian civil war in 2012. Among ...

Thousands of Syrians gathered at the Umayyad Mosque to celebrate the end of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. WSJ’s Ben C. Solomon reports from Damascus as questions linger about what the future holds.