Theirs was the first such visit since President Bashar al-Assad fled the country, according to Russian state news. By Paul Sonne A top Russian delegation arrived in Damascus on Tuesday for the ...

QARDAHA, LATAKIA, Syria — There is a long, winding road leading to what was once the family home of ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad just outside Latakia on Syria's Mediterranean coast.

Assad, an ally of Moscow, took refuge in Russia after his ouster in December in a lightning rebel offensive. The delegation included Russian deputy foreign minister Mikhail Bogdanov and the ...

DAMASCUS-Books recounting torture in Syrian prisons or texts on radical Islamic theology now sit openly in Damascus bookstores, no longer traded in secret after iron-fisted ruler Bashar al-Assad ...

A Russian delegation arrived in Damascus on Tuesday, marking the first official visit to Syria by Russian officials since the ousting of former President Bashar al-Assad in December. Al-Assad ...

According to the White Helmets, the charred remains belong to at least 26 victims of the Bashar Assad regime. (AP Photo/Omar Albam) ...

As a new Syrian government navigates shifting relationships, NBC News' Hala Gorani spoke with former Assad soldiers surrendering their weapons in exchange for amnesty. Jan. 29, 2025 Read More ...

A bookseller shows a volume that was reportedly banned during the rule of Syria's ousted president Bashar al-Assad — LOUAI BESHARA Books recounting torture in Syrian prisons or texts on radical ...

MOSCOW - A Russian delegation has arrived in Damascus for the first time since Moscow's ally President Bashar al-Assad was toppled, Russia's TASS state news agency reported on Tuesday, as Russia ...

UN urges West to lift sanctions against post-Assad Syria 01/26/2025 January 26, 2025 The UN refugee agency says 200,000 Syrians have already returned home since the fall of Bashar Assad.

DAMASCUS – The charred remains of at least 26 victims of the Bashar Assad government were located Tuesday by Syrian civil defense workers in two separate basements in rural Damascus. The ...