Derakshani, a celebrated poet, painter, musician and performance artist, is known for dynamic brushstrokes that reflect the ...

The US has revoked the Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) designation of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a Syria-based organisation which had ties with al-Qaeda and was also a front of al-Nusrah. In a ...

President Donald Trump on Monday formally dismantled United States (US) sanctions against Syria, hoping to reintegrate the war-battered country into the global economy as Israel eyes ties with its new ...

Syrian President Bashar Assad's ouster brings to a close nearly 25 years of his tight-grip rule during a brutal regime.

Areas within the Idlib province are still being developed, Abu Tarek explains, and, unlike under the Assad regime, it’s happening under a Sharia society. A new mall he frequents in Al-Dana has ...

As his enemies closed in on Damascus, Bashar al-Assad, who ruled over Syria with an iron fist for 24 years, used a private jet to spirit away cash, valuables and confidential documents mapping the ...

Images of Bashar al-Assad and his family were emblematic of the dynasty’s grip on Syria. Though remnants linger after the regime’s ouster, the removal of the once ubiquitous relics has offered ...

The clashes began on Thursday afternoon after Assad loyalists killed 16 security personnel for the government in the Latakia countryside, the deadliest attack yet on Syria’s new security forces ...

A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 uprising has been detained inside Syria, according to state news agency SANA.

The meteorological drought that swept through the Fertile Crescent (stretching from the Tigris and Euphrates to the Nile Valley) in the 2000s finally ...

A former aide to Bashar Assad discussed the recent collapse of the Syrian government. He pointed to a "trick" by Russia's Vladimir Putin in an interview with Saudi media. Russia was unwilling to ...