During 13 years of revolution and war, the Syrian dictatorship of President Bashar al-Assad set a high water mark for cruelty in the 21st century, disappearing tens of thousands of perceived political ...

As Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in India for defence and trade talks on December 4, an old video surfaced in social media posts falsely claiming it showed New Delhi sending fighter jets to ...

Assad, a crew now films a TV series about the final months of the ousted leader's rule as seen through the eyes of a Syrian ...

The Western press, reporting on the rise of Hitler, similarly called the symbol the Hakenkreuz. Faulty translations at the ...

Omran Daqneesh, whose photo shocked the world following a brutal Assad regime airstrike in 2016, reappeared at liberation ...

For the first time in 16 years, I took the opportunity to go to Damascus, where I was born but have never lived. I was expecting an emotional reckoning of the weight of reconnecting with a heritage ...

The Damascus Dossier’s release revives scrutiny of the killing of Mazen al-Hamada, who spent years exposing the Assad ...

What is happening in Syria? When the civil war ended in Syria in 2024, the country entered into a period of transition and recovery. Nearly a million former refugees have returned to Syria, and 1.9 ...

Large parts of Syria were once overrun by the terrorist group Islamic State. The country’s new government has just committed to a global effort to fight the group. By Carlotta Gall Carlotta Gall has ...

President Trump on Monday kept a historic meeting with Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa behind closed doors, an unusual move for a president who frequently opens up the Oval Office to cameras ...

The Oval Office is a long way from Abu Ghraib. When he was greeted by President Donald Trump on Monday, Ahmad al-Sharaa completed his journey from jihadist leader to head of state receiving a warm ...

Moderator, "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan;" Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan is moderator of "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on CBS. Based in Washington, D.C., ...