Then-president Bashar al-Assad, center, waves to his supporters at a polling station during presidential elections in the town of Douma, near the Syrian capital of Damascus, May 26, 2021.

All the latest breaking news on Bashar al-Assad. Browse Newsweek ... must heed the calls of Druze in Syria seeking to secede from Syria and forge closer ties with their brethren in Israel. ...

Less than two weeks after Ahmad al-Sharaa ousted Bashar al-Assad in Syria, a U.S. State Department delegation arrived in ...

Alikhbaria Syria reported that “Israeli occupation forces deliberately ignited fires in tens of dunams of land” near the separation fence west of the town of Al-Rafid in southwestern Syria. One dunam ...

For Israel’s leaders, Bashar al-Assad’s downfall was made possible by their recent assaults on Hezbollah, Iran and Syria, all of which weakened the Iran-backed axis.

Israel used Syrian airspace for its strikes on Iran last month, and the two countries are discussing a non-aggression pact ...

Analysts agree Israel’s triumphs – backed by indirect U.S. military support in Gaza and Lebanon, and direct U.S. intervention ...

News about Bashar al-Assad, ... but the new government resents Tehran’s support for the Assad regime and has pledged not to allow attacks on Israel from its territory. ...

Syria and Israel have held direct talks, according to Israeli media, about potentially entering into a normalisation ...

Israel said Monday it is "interested" in striking peace agreements with neighbouring Lebanon and Syria, a potentially ...

The region is relieved about de-escalation. But it is also alarmed about an unrestrained Israel, writes H.A. Hellyer.

Normalization between al Sharaa's Syria, Israel possible after decades of hostilities - opinion ... and overthrew the regime of Bashar al-Assad in a matter of days.