Reporting from The Atlantic reveals how personal hubris, mismanagement, and ignored diplomatic lifelines accelerated the fall ...

SYRIA’S exiled dictator Bashar al-Assad has been accused of being obsessed with sex and video games during his despotic reign. The tyrant – who oversaw the torture and murder of ...

The US has rolled back a series of restrictive economic sanctions put in place during the rule of Bashar al-Assad. Syrians ...

This is the second time that President Vladimir V. Putin has hosted President Ahmed al-Sharaa since the fall of the Russia-backed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.

A former aide to Bashar Assad discussed the recent collapse of the Syrian government. He pointed to a "trick" by Russia's Vladimir Putin in an interview with Saudi media. Russia was unwilling to come ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People hold a poster of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during a rally in support of Russia ...

QARDAHA, Syria (AP) — On the walls of the palatial mausoleum built to house the remains of former Syrian President Hafez Assad, vandals have sprayed variations of the phrase, “Damn your soul, Hafez.” ...

His presidency became synonymous with repression, a devastating civil war and international isolation. As Syria’s old order collapsed around him, the leader once portrayed as untouchable was forced ...

Warning: This article includes graphic accounts of what some prisoners experienced in Assad's prisons. In the shadow of Syria’s brutal civil war, one institution stands as a chilling symbol of the ...