In a sign of the times, 2024 whizzed by in the instant it took for a bullet to travel 150 yards from a rooftop through a ...

For decades, any Syrian daring to broach political topics got used to speaking in hushed tones and with a watchful eye ...

Until the fall of the al-Assad regime, the word “dollar” was forbidden in public. Instead, people used anything green – my ...

Many members of the party's leadership have gone into hiding and some have fled the country. In a symbolic move, Syria's new ...

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.

Thousands and thousands of Syrians of all ages dancing and embracing, weeping and singing, waving the country's new flag and celebrating the end of ...

Fear of the regime was so pervasive that Syrians felt they could never speak freely, even in their own homes.

GEOFF BENNETT: Assad also said that the country has ... don't speak about politics. The walls have ears. SIMONA FOLTYN: But Mouawiya and his friends had been inspired by the Arab Spring.

Despite previous military backing from Russia and Iran during the civil war, there would be no rescue for Assad this time. His pleas for military intervention fell on deaf ears during meetings ...

Assad told his presidential office manager on ... but his pleas for military intervention fell on deaf ears in the Kremlin which was unwilling to intervene, three regional diplomats said.

As rebels took hold of Damascus and Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia, thousands of political prisoners ... think - because this was a country where people said the walls had ears. They were afraid even ...