Syria is marking one year since the fall of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad after nearly 14 years of war. By Nathan Morley Syria is marking the first anniversary of the fall of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, who was ousted on December 8 last year after nearly 14 years of conflict.

In one of the clips, the former Syrian president is seen mocking the people, saying they spend on mosques but "can't even afford food".

A United Nations Security Council delegation made its first-ever visit to Syria on Thursday, pledging the international community's support for the country days before the anniversary of Bashar al-Assad's ousting.

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Friday urged interim Syrian authorities to increase efforts to address 'distressing accounts' of human rights violations targeting minority groups and

For more than half a century, the Assad family held such a vampire grip on Syria that it felt as if Bashar al-Assad’s survival was inevitable. Thirteen years of civil war, the regime’s slaughter of its people,