“They’ll ask us what drug were you addicted to; we’ll say, ‘Bashar al-Assad.’” It was a night of stand-up in late December at the Zawaya Art Gallery in the heart of the Syrian capita ...

More than 70 people have been killed and dozens injured in clashes between Syrian security forces and fighters linked to the toppled leader Bashar ... region is the heart of al-Assad's minority ...

Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad's regime was overthrown ... what appeared to be cells and various "emergency" exit routes. But at its heart, down a steep flight of 160 stairs, lay a series of vaults ...

The deceased, an officer from the ousted regime of President Bashar al-Assad, had been killed along ... the hope from my heart?” implored his father, Ghussan Ibrahim, 69, a retired English ...

Seven weeks had passed since he stunned the world by conquering most of Syria in an 11-day blitzkrieg that put an end to the 55-year dynastic rule of Bashar al-Assad ... change of heart on the ...

Syrians were set to commemorate the 14th anniversary of their uprising on Saturday in public demonstrations in Damascus and other cities for the first time since president Bashar al-Assad was toppled.

Inside the a room of ousted president Bashar al-Assad's feared younger brother ... cells and various "emergency" exit routes. But at its heart, down a steep flight of 160 stairs, lay a series ...

The work of the Syria Strategy Project and the considerable policy recommendations found in this report present a realistic ...

Assad's fall shifts Syria's alliances, but Russia's role endures as key player Russia's bases in Syria at heart of talks with ... Islamist rebels fighting Bashar al-Assad's repressive regime.

Damascus (AFP) – From a Bond villain lair in the rugged heights overlooking Damascus, the all-seeing eye of a notorious Syrian military unit gazed down on a city it bled dry. Many of the bases ...

Many of the bases of the elite Fourth Division formerly run by toppled president Bashar al-Assad's feared younger brother Maher ... to be cells and various "emergency" exit routes. But at its heart, ...

Assad's forces detained mothers and children and sent many of the youth to orphanages. Syrians whose children vanished during ...