Theater director and Syrian refugee Bashar* always dreamed of having creative control over his art and being able to express himself freely. Now, he puts on his own productions. "Culture has no ...

In a development that could reshape the Middle East, armed opposition groups have overthrown Bashar al-Assad in Syria following a lightning 12-day offensive. Assad has resigned and fled to Russia, ...

This story is part of our special series, 7 for 7: Seven voices for seven years of the Syria crisis. View the complete series here Bashar Anwar Abu Khoshref, a 21-year-old Syrian refugee, spends half ...

The fall of the Syrian dictatorship on 8 December 2024, marked the end of 15 years of detention for Tal al-Mallouhi. She was ...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is in Saudi Arabia to attend his first Arab League summit since Syria was suspended from the group 12 years ago as Syria descended into a devastating civil war ...

The U.S., European Union, Arab League and Turkey have tightened sanctions on Syria for the violent crackdown that has the country's death toll rising rapidly. Margaret Warner reports. Syria’s Assad ...

President Bashar al-Assad has been a busy man over the past several weeks. In addition to bombing civilian neighborhoods indiscriminately and starving out his opponents and the civilians who happen to ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Faysal Itani of the Atlantic Council, about the Syrian regime's new deal with the Kurds and what President Assad's goals are in this new shift of alliances in the region.

Bashar Sabawi Ibrahim Hasan Al-Tikriti was listed as: “A. Ties to Senior Members of the Former Iraqi Regime Information available also indicates that after Operation Iraqi Freedom, Bashar Sabawi ...

Word of a violent weekend assault on the city of Rastan by Syrian security forces prompted protests in several other cities across the country on Monday. Ray Suarez ...