Assad's Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shia Islam whose members make up one of Syria's biggest religious minorities. Alawites ...

The downfall of the Assad regime has profound implications for the Middle East, particularly for Russia and Iran, whose regional influence has taken a severe blow. Israel, however, views this as a ...

Syria's new rulers have appointed Murhaf Abu Qasra, a leading figure in the insurgency which toppled Bashar al-Assad, as ...

On the walls of the palatial mausoleum built to house the remains of former Syrian President Hafez Assad — whose son, Bashar ...

Assad, who wielded fear and force over Syria for more than two decades, fled the country under the cover of night — and a ...

President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia on December 8, leaving behind many of his collaborators, some of whom sought refuge in neighbouring countries. According to two sources, the ousted president, ...

The leader of the rebel forces group that took back Damascus from Bashar al-Assad will now rule without fear of a $10 million ...

Sharaa, the militant leader of the main group driving the Syrian armed opposition, met with the leaders of the armed groups and discussed with them the new format of the Syrian army ...

Syria's new interim government has appointed Murhaf Abu Qasra as defence minister. Abu Qasra, a key figure in the insurgency, is associated with the Islamist HTS group. The government's three-month ...

The US is no longer offering a $10 million reward for the capture of a Syrian rebel leader whose forces toppled President Bashar Assad’s regime earlier this month.

The Syrian regime’s collapse came more quickly than the rebels had dreamed — the circumstances were both serendipitous and part of a larger global realignment.