The largest statue of Hafez Assad, overlooking the Qalamoun Region in Syria, has been demolished by rebels. (AP video by ...

A Syrian man accused of crimes against humanity has denied charges of torture and sexual violence in a trial in the ...

Bashar al-Assad was ousted as Syria's president and fled to Russia in December 2024, bringing a sudden end to his 24-year rule.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A drone view of the mass grave site in the desert near the eastern Syrian town of Dhumair, February 27, 2025. A Reuters ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria started the process of circulating new currency bills on Saturday as the crisis-hit nation seeks to stabilize the economy as it recovers from the fall of Bashar Assad’s ...

DAMASCUS—The family of Abdu Kharouf, a moderate Muslim preacher in a dirt-poor section of Damascus, had been haunted for half a decade by questions of how exactly he ended up in a prison run by ...

Bashir, who previously governed a small pocket of rebel-held territory, will be interim prime minister until March.

Following 13 years of civil war, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia after rebel forces took control of the ...

The trial is based on universal jurisdiction, a legal principle that allows suspects to be prosecuted for international ...

ALEPPO, Syria (AP) — Ramadan in the Arab world is a time of fasting and prayer, but it brings another beloved tradition: the much-anticipated TV drama series shot each year to be aired during the holy ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - When President Bashar al-Assad turns from the wreckage of Aleppo to assert his authority across a fractured Syria, it will be as a figure who is virtually unassailable by rebels, ...