In a wide-ranging interview, the political economist Helen Thompson discusses how the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria has ...

Syria’s 54-year dictatorship under Hafez al-Assad and his son Bashar, now exiled in Russia, was one of the world’s most despised regimes.

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 ...

When Syrian rebels roared into Damascus after a lightning advance on the capital, they exalted in their triumph over ...

Assad’s relatives have been arrested at Beirut airport with forged passports, while his uncle, who is wanted for war crimes, ...

The source said Rifaat al-Assad departed Lebanon around a week ago and "used a diplomatic passport", without naming his ...

Assad's uncle, Rifaat al-Assad, left the country via Beirut airport around a week ago, after rebels overthrew his nephew.

Lebanese officials say the wife and daughter of one of deposed Syrian president Bashar Assad’s cousins have been arrested at ...

Assad, an uncle of the ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad charged in Switzerland with war crimes over the bloody suppression of a revolt in 1982, has flown from Beirut to Dubai in recent days, two ...

Amid an outcry for justice and accountability and threats online, a once-dominant group is feeling deep anxiety after the ...

Assad’s father brutally crushed an uprising in Hama, creating a blueprint for repression. Decades later, Syrians can now ...

The Kremlin has denied reports that claim Asma al-Assad is seeking a return to London following her husband's exile in Moscow ...