The recent surge of violence in Syria lays bare the challenges interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa faces in delivering on his promise to lead a more unified country.

He became president in 2000 after the death of his father, Hafez al-Assad, a tyrant who had ... His glamorous wife, Asma, was born to Syrian parents in Britain; a former investment banker, she ...

Syria’s new leadership faces allegations of mass killings, as Alawite communities endure field executions and mass ...

The Kremlin has denied reports that claim Asma al-Assad is seeking a return to London ... the end of which we do not know," a top Syrian Democratic Council official told Newsweek.

As this deterioration persisted, Syria’s elite led increasingly extravagant lives. After 2011, some of these extremely rich individuals relocated to Dubai. A new generation then emerged, working ...

Syrian human rights activist Ribal al-Assad tore into Europe for lifting sanctions against the nation’s new "terrorist" regime, which he warned is no better than his first cousin, ousted leader ...

Fighters linked to Syria's ousted leader Bashar al-Assad mounted a deadly attack on government forces on Thursday, ...

Defence Ministry spokesman says security threats had been neutralised in al-Assad strongholds of Latakia and Tartous. Members of the Syrian security forces stop vehicles at a checkpoint ...

Almost 200 people have died in clashes between Syrian government forces and fighters loyal to the country's former president Bashar al Assad, a war monitoring group has said. Fighters backing the ...

Syria's authorities announced Monday that the operation against Assad loyalists had ended. Read moreSyria opens probe into killings targeting Alawite minority group Sharaa, whose Hayat Tahrir al ...

The Syrian presidency said an “independent committee” had been formed to investigate the attacks, the worst violence since the ouster of Bashar al-Assad. In its latest toll, the Syrian ...