Shiite rituals for Ashoura in Damascus have drastically changed after the fall of Syria's former President Bashar Assad.

Akram Ojjeh built his fortune as a middleman for French arms sales to Saudi Arabia, up until his death in 1991. The legal ...

Assad used chlorine and sarin repeatedly during the Syrian civil war. Following a particularly horrible sarin attack in Ghouta in 2013, Assad agreed to eradicate his chemical weapons program, but ...

The latest war in the Middle East was, both in terms of the course it took and its outcomes, resembles an earthquake. This is the latest of the earthquakes to hit the region: the 1967 war, the 1973 ...

The U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Syria reports ongoing sectarian violence despite commitments from Syria's new government to ...

The arrest of Wasim al-Assad on June 21, 2025, marks a critical milestone in Syria’s post-conflict transition. As the first member of the Assad family to be detained since the regime’s collapse in ...

The European Union intensified its stance against individuals allied with ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, implementing an asset freeze and travel ban. These measures, announced on Monday, affect ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union imposed on Monday an asset freeze and a ban on travel to the EU on five people linked with toppled Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad for supporting crimes ...

The European Union imposed on Monday an asset freeze and a ban on travel to the EU on five people linked with toppled Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad for supporting crimes against humanity ...

Syrian authorities have arrested Wassim Badi Assad, a cousin of former President Bashar Assad, for alleged involvement in drug trafficking and supporting the ousted government. US sanctions were ...

By GHAITH ALSAYED DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian authorities have arrested a cousin of former President Bashar Assad, who is under U.S. sanctions for his alleged role in drug trafficking and s… ...

By REUTERS JUNE 21, 2025 13:33 Updated: JUNE 21, 2025 14:22 Syria's security forces have detained Wassim al-Assad, a cousin of toppled leader Bashar al-Assad, state news agency SANA said on Saturday.