Syria's interim Defence Ministry has said that its forces are continuing operations against remnants of the ousted Bashar al-Assad government and drug traffickers along the Syrian-Lebanese border.

Amid the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Iran-Iraq war, the Gulf War and talks with Israel, Hafez al-Assad's top priority was ...

The Syrian military defector who documented atrocities committed by the Bashar Assad regime by smuggling tens of thousands of photos of Syrian detainees killed by torture has revealed his identity.

In an interview, Murhaf Abu Qasra, a onetime leader in Syria’s insurgency, discussed moves by authorities in Damascus to ...

After the fall of the Assad regime, displaced Syrian women are feeling more hopeful. But there is still plenty of uncertainty in Syria's postwar future. The post Displaced Syrian Women Are ...

The new Syrian government pays the first salaries to retired employees after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime. Camera: MOHAMMED AL RIFAI. SOUNDBITES OF AHMED AL-AHMED, ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES IN ...

Palestinians, their allies and other nations reacted strongly to President Donald Trump’s proposal that the United States ...

In Arabic, Assad means “lion,” although that wasn’t his real name. Hafez, Bashar’s father, had adopted it to look strong. Hasan was born in the northeastern Syrian city of Manbij, 18 years before the ...

Over 2,400 Tunisian nationals are believed to have joined extremist groups in Syria, and their potential return is a growing ...

To applause, percussionist Bahjat Antaki took the stage with Syria's national symphony orchestra, marking the first classical ...

Syria's former President Bashar Al-Assad fled to Moscow when rebel forces captured Damascus after a stunning sweep across the ...

After the exodus of most Syrian Jews, a few remain in the country they have called home for centuries. The New Arab finds out ...