Thousands of supporters have gathered in downtown Beirut to mark the 20th anniversary of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik ...
DAMASCUS, Syria—The Syrian factions that toppled President Bashar Assad last month named an Islamist former rebel leader as the country’s interim president on Wednesday in a push to project a ...
A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 uprising has been detained inside Syria, according to state news agency SANA.
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...
Syria Arrests Assad-Era Officer Seen as Responsible for Triggering 2011 Uprising DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Syrian authorities have arrested a former senior security officer and cousin of ousted leader ...
Most American and European politicians want Syria to recover from more than 50 years of Assad rule and the last 13 years of conflict. Even politicians with typically short memories have been ...
Hayan Hadid was 18 when soldiers arrested him in his pyjamas and took him for execution in Syria's Hama in 1982, during one of the darkest chapters of the Assad clan's rule. "I've never really ...
Democratic senators on the Intelligence Committee are expected to home in on Gabbard's 2017 visit to Syria to meet then-President Bashar al-Assad and pro-Russia talking points she has espoused in ...
(Photo by Burak Kara / Getty Images) Under the Assad regime in Syria, fear kept people quiet. Tempted to speak out about your true beliefs? Your neighbours would threaten to cut off relations ...