THE HAGUE, March 5, (Reuters) - Syria's foreign minister vowed on Wednesday to swiftly rid the country of chemical weapons remaining after the downfall of the Bashar al-Assad's government ...

War planes flew from the complex to bombard Islamist rebels fighting Bashar al-Assad's repressive regime. No longer. With Assad gone, at both Hmeimim and at Russia's Soviet-era Tartous Naval Base 60 ...

Insurgents led by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group, or HTS, overthrew President Bashar Assad’s secular government in early December ending the 54-year Assad family dynasty. Since then ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Some restaurants and coffee shops in Syria were closed during the day Saturday while others opened as usual as observant Muslims began fasting during the holy month of Ramadan ...

"Although some of the graves mentioned in the report had not been discovered before, the discovery itself does not surprise us, as we know that there are more than 100,000 missing persons in Assad's ...

The conflict between the SDF and the Turkey-backed groups has continued since Bashar al-Assad was toppled from power in December. SDF leader Mazloum Abdi in December confirmed for the first time ...

Sharaa had concluded a national unity conference in Damascus in which he decried Israel’s incursions into Syria that started right after the fall of president Bashar al-Assad in December.

But Bashar al-Assad's regime never recognised it and, despite his fall from power, its future remains uncertain. As well as more than a decade of civil war, the Syrian Kurds have faced years of ...

Although portraits of Assad are being removed from hospital walls, the reality remains unchanged: when it comes to the quality of care and the state of the hospitals, little has improved. “We face a ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Syria’s interim president Ahmad al-Sharaa, right, leaves the podium after speaking during Syria’s ...