Bashar Al-Assad

Hope and uncertainty fill the streets of Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. The challenges of rebuilding are enormous after years of civil war.

Rep. Marlin Stutzman of Indiana and Rep. Cory Mills of Florida are the first U.S. lawmakers to visit the country under its new government.

Images of Bashar al-Assad and his family were emblematic of the dynasty's grip on Syria. Though remnants linger after the regime's ouster, the removal of the once ubiquitous relics has offered catharsis.

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Israel says its soldiers shot and killed "terrorists" in a convoy of vehicles advancing in the dark.

Mahmoud Khalil accused Columbia administrators of manufacturing claims of antisemitism that resulted in his arrest on Friday.

Mayada pointed to a divot picked out of the pavement in front of her parents' house — the hole left by the bullet when gunmen threw her 85-year-old father on the ground and shot him execution-style in the head.

When Syria's new leaders shut 60 Damascus bars, drinkers protested, and the government reversed itself. It's an example of the tussle between secular and Islamist values in the new Syria.

The list of ministers appears to be a compromise between calls for a diverse cabinet to unite the divided country while keeping allies of the interim president, Ahmed al-Shara, in powerful roles.

The president has broken with the nearly 20-year orthodoxy of blaming Russia alone for today's post-Soviet confrontations.

Overshadowed by the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings, US-Russian relations grow ever more perilous.

Early March 2025 was when Syria's post-Assad transition turned sour. In scenes that resembled the worst moments of Syria's civil war, hundreds of Alawite civilians were killed, probab

The global norm against chemical weapons, bolstered by international disarmament initiatives and the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), stands as a pillar of

President Donald Trump is considering lifting sanctions on Turkey and resuming the sale of fighter jets to Turkey after a call with President Recep Erdogan.

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Sectarian-driven killings of civilians this month displayed the government's weak control over both its own forces and affiliated fighters, experts said.

Abdulwahab Omira escaped Syria's war with his family as a teenager. He recently returned as a Stanford graduate student and a budding entrepreneur, hoping to help jumpstart the country's tech industry.

The declaration, signed by interim president Ahmed al-Shara, guarantees individual freedoms but gives Mr. al-Shara abundant power and keeps Islamic law as its legal foundation.

After violence broke out between the current and past regimes in Syria, fearful residents have waded across a river to take refuge in Lebanon.

In our news wrap Saturday, Russian launched aerial attacks on Ukraine for a second night since the Trump administration stopped sharing satellite images with Kyiv, clashes in Syria over the last two days have left more than 1,000 people dead, women across the world marched on International Women's Day, and clocks will spring forward for daylight saving time in the U.S. overnight.