After five decades of dynastic rule over their country, Syrians in the city of Hama have been rejoicing at the fall of the Assad ruling family.

A Syrian singer famed for his revolutionary songs is hopeful there will be newfound freedom of expression after decades of oppression under Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

People in the Jaramana suburb of Damascus always thought something strange was happening at the nearby state security facility. Walled off and heavily guarded, the government compound was off limits ...

Belgium grants sex workers full labour rights, including health insurance, paid leave and pensions. The law establishing key ...

Images taken just after the precipitous end of the civil war reveal a secret legacy that is just becoming visible.

The party that for decades ruled as part of the Assad dynasty is now being blamed for damaging relations with other Arab ...

The veil of death and destruction shadows Damascus even after its perpetrators fled. There were piles of rubble and mud ...

A visit to the souk in the old city in the Syrian capital of Damascus tell us a lot about the state of the country's current economy.

Unrest is brewing in Syria’s coastal plains, home to the Assad family’s Alawite sect. Earlier this week, a group of regime loyalists staged an ambush on the now-governing rebel forces, killing 14.

After a period of celebration over the fall of the Assad regime, old sectarian and political divisions have reasserted ...

Now that the Assad regime in Syria has fallen, the full scale of that government’s production and distribution of illicit drugs is coming to light. Leila Molana-Allen reports from the drug factories ...

The service was held amid tight security due to concerns of violence against Christian sites, with several pickup cars belonging to the now ruling Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) parked arou ...