After five decades of dynastic rule over their country, Syrians in the city of Hama have been rejoicing at the fall of the ...

Assad’s father brutally crushed an uprising in Hama, creating a blueprint for repression. Decades later, Syrians can now ...

Some refugees may return to Syria because they want to live there again. But many won’t—for the same reasons many refugees ...

Ragheed Tatari was arrested in 1982 for refusing to carry out orders from then-President Hafez al-Assad to bomb civilians - ...

The rebels’ path to victory is littered with evidence of Syria’s defeated military. It also reflects the sizable task of ...

Rifaat al-Assad, known as the “Butcher of Hama” for overseeing the violent suppression of a rebellion in the 1980s, has been accused of war crimes by Swiss prosecutors. Rifaat al-Assad, an uncle of ...

Rifaat al-Assad, known as the “Butcher of Hama” for overseeing the violent suppression of a rebellion in the 1980s, has been accused of war crimes by Swiss prosecutors. Rifaat al-Assad ...

BEIRUT (AP) — The wife and daughter of one of deposed Syrian president Bashar Assad ’s cousins were arrested Friday at the ...

Assad’s relatives have been arrested at Beirut airport with forged passports, while his uncle, who is wanted for war crimes, ...