Bashar al-Assad ruled Syria as president from July 2000-December 2024. His father, Hafez al-Assad, ruled Syria from 1970-2000. The ongoing violence against civilians has been condemned by the Arab ...

Syria's 14-year civil war has undergone yet another rapid series of shifts, with violence sweeping the west coast homeland of deposed President Bashar al-Assad's minority Alawite Muslim sect and ...

An ambush on a Syrian security patrol by gunmen loyal to ousted leader Bashar Assad escalated into clashes that a war monitor estimates have killed more than 1,000 people over four days.

Turkey’s and Russia’s positions in Syria have flipped. Their coordination in the country is set to stay the same.

Days before the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, Russia said the Syrian rebels advancing on Damascus were terrorists. Now, with those rebels in power, Moscow senses an opportunity to both expand ...

Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on Modern Affairs continues with a video in which we summarize the Syrian Civil War. After years of relative quiet, the Syrian Civil War ...

A man points at bullet holes in a window of a hospital following a spate of violence between Syrian security forces and insurgents loyal to ousted President Bashar al-Assad in Syria’s coastal ...

Syria is experiencing its deadliest outbreak of violent clashes since the new government took power three months ago. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights more than 1,300 people have ...

Footage and satellite images reviewed by The Times show civilians in the compound. Thousands have fled violent unrest in the country’s coastal region. By Euan Ward Malachy Browne and Sanjana ...

BEIRUT, March 6 (Reuters) - Syria received a new shipment of its local currency printed in Russia on Wednesday and more shipments were expected in the future, a Syrian government official said, in ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend a joint press conference, in Sochi, Russia, Sept. 4, 2023 (Sipa photo by Dmitry Azarov via AP Images). Click to ...

Syria's electricity infrastructure has suffered $35 billion in damage during the nearly 14-year civil war, Electricity Minister Omar Shaqrouq said Wednesday. Shaqrouq told reporters that a five ...