Assad’s government in December 2024 created new possibilities to ensure accountability for years of atrocity crimes and the opportunity to establish a new government that respects human rights.

DAMASCUS, Syria – There are separate lines for men and women outside a Damascus bakery – it's not polite in this city for men ...

Since the fall of President Bashar Assad regime, tensions across the Middle East have continued to remain high.

As Syria emerges from decades of dictatorship, people in the Assad family's ancestral home of Latakia province are both ...

The fields along Syria’s Mediterranean coast once produced wheat, tomatoes and olives to feed the country. They were a ...

A ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has held up for over a month, even as its terms seem ...

Compared to what happened in other "Arab Spring" countries, what is unfolding in Syria may appear reassuring. But the Iranian elephant is a big one.

Residents of Syria’s capital are picnicking on a once-forbidden mountaintop and trading openly in dollars and imported ...

In a wide-ranging interview, the political economist Helen Thompson discusses how the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria has ...

In images captured by Associated Press photographers in December, rifle-toting opposition fighters celebrated in the streets ...

When Syrian rebels roared into Damascus after a ... young dancers in sparking outfits performed a Christmas ballet. In London, a butcher hurled a turkey to customers during the annual meat auction ...

When Syria's dictatorship fell, celebrations broke out around the world, including in Ohio, where Mohammed al-Refai, a ...