His anxieties are echoed by many Christians living in Syria nearly one year after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. President Ahmed al-Sharaa came to power last December when a coalition of rebels, headed by his Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), took over the country in a shock offensive.

Syria held its first parliamentary election on Sunday, nearly a year after a surprise rebellion toppled longtime President Bashar al-Assad in December. Security forces were deployed around polling stations nationwide. Electoral college members entered ...

Austin Tice was captured and detained in 2012 by the Assad regime in Syria. Tice is the longest-held American journalist abroad.

Assad rebuilding, role of civil society and need for stronger institutions at Istanbul gathering - Anadolu Ajansı

Government says move will allow for closer engagement with new Syrian leadership, including by working together to remove vestiges of Assad's chemical weapons program

Syria's civil war began in 2011 when mass protests against the government of then-President Bashar al-Assad were met with a brutal crackdown and spiralled into armed conflict.

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad sat down with Charlie Rose on Sunday for an hour-long interview that aired in full Monday night on PBS. And while there was little surprising in the content of his responses to Rose's questions, the interview, conducted in ...

Syrian rights lawyer Khalil Maatouk, missing since his 2012 arrest by Assad’s forces, has been declared dead after 13 years of silence and unanswered pleas.