Once hailed as a Western-friendly reformer, Bashar al-Assad transformed into one of the world’s most brutal autocrats. From ...

Under Mr Assad Syria sank from middle-income status to abject poverty. Women saw branches off trees for heating. Children ...

Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad's regime was overthrown ... saying he was as ruthless as his father, Hafez. One other name ...

"He is accused of hundreds of assassinations during the era of the criminal Hafez al-Assad," Bashar al-Assad's father and ...

Violence is flaring across parts of western Syria, as forces of the self-styled Syrian transitional government have clashed ...

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed that a curfew has been imposed in the port cities of Latakia, Tartous and Homs, where the deadly clashes broke out on Thursday after Syrian ...

The clashes raise concerns about Syria’s stability and interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa’s ability to reunify the country after 13 years of civil war.

More than 70 people were killed and dozens more wounded in Syria in fighting between government security forces and militants loyal to deposed ruler Bashar al-Assad, a war monitor said Friday.

Fierce fighting between Syrian security forces and gunmen loyal to deposed ruler Bashar al-Assad killed 48 people on Thursday ...