Seven weeks had passed since he stunned the world by conquering most of Syria in an 11-day blitzkrieg that put an end to the 55-year dynastic rule of Bashar al-Assad and his father before him ...

The rebels were catapulted into positions once controlled by hand-picked Assad supporters and, led by al-Sharaa's Hayat Tahrir ... been appointed as a high-profile security official.

Jon Alterman: Your remarkable profile of Ahmed al-Sharaa began by describing him ... somebody who reminded me much more of the previous incumbent in the palace, Bashar al-Assad. He was somebody who ...

In the months since the militant opposition group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham stunned the world by bringing down the dictatorship of Bashar ... Assad regime figures involved in torture, killings, and other ...

Forces loyal to Syria’s dictator Bashar al-Assad had melted in the face of their ... the time said he was highly disciplined, kept a low profile and had an eye for battlefield detail.

Christians and other religious minorities have been massacred in Syria as violence erupts following the overthrow of ...

Syria’s new transitional government has been sworn in nearly four months after the Assad family was removed from power and as ...

EXCLUSIVE: Through a popular uprising and a long and hideous civil war, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime tottered at ...

DOZENS of people have been killed after soldiers loyal to ousted tyrant Bashar al-Assad launched a surprise ambush on the army of Syria's new rulers. Ongoing clashes between the two sides have ...

Clockwise Top L-R: Feras Fayyad; Citizens in Syria take down statues of Hafez al-Assad the father of Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria on December 9, 2024, A torn portrait of Bashar al-Assad ...

Thousands of Syrians have poured into the streets and public squares to mark 14 years since the country’s civil war began, ...

A day later in Qardaha, the ancestral home of Bashar al-Assad, the deposed president, locals attacked a police station after the authorities set up a checkpoint and shot a protester. That evening ...