By the end of 2011, the Syrian Civil War had started, becoming a long-standing symbol of conflict in the Middle East.

The mounting chaos in Homs exemplifies the challenge Mr Sharaa faces all over Syria. His government must ensure the safety of ...

In a centuries-old monastery on a rocky hill north of Damascus, friends of missing Italian priest Paolo Dall'Oglio carry on his legacy, hopeful Bashar al-Assad's ouster might help reveal the Jesuit's ...

Negotiations between armed factions in southern Syria's Daraa and Suweida provinces have been ongoing since the formation of ...

Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.

While still a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, UC Santa Cruz professor Elaine Sullivan unearthed ancient ...

The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights stated ... attacks on religious symbols, mutilation of corpses, summary and brutal executions of civilians,” which “show an unprecedented ...

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.

Photographs taken in Syria in recent weeks, obtained by the Daily Express, show gun-toting fighters wearing symbols used by ISIS. The photos were all taken in northern Syria during and after the ...

where she says the government used her for propaganda purposes — as a symbol of the empowerment of women in the country. After leaving Syria, Janoud (back row, fifth from right) coached the Oman ...

Since Islamist rebels overthrew the Assad dictatorship in Syria, Egypt, with parallels in its own recent history, has watched warily. By Vivian Yee Reporting from Cairo Soon after Islamist rebels ...

In December 2024, a handful of rebel groups led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham ousted the brutal dictatorship that had ruled Syria for five decades and set up an interim administration. Now, foreign ...