The Alwaites, who primarily live in Syria's coastal regions, particularly in the provinces of Latakia and Tartus, are ...

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

Rebel fighters stand next to the burning gravesite of Syria's late president Hafez al-Assad at his mausoleum in the family's ancestral village of Qardaha in the western Latakia province on Dec. 11 ...

Syrian rebel fighters have destroyed the tomb of former president Hafez al-Assad, father of ousted president Bashar al-Assad, in a symbolic move marking the end of the Assad family’s 54-year rule.

Hafez al-Assad's Syria: Forging a dynasty, at any price By Gilles Paris Published on February 7, 2025, at 4:00 am (Paris), updated on February 7, 2025, at 9:40 am. 7 min read Lire en français.

From Syria, an account of life under siege sets a path for the country’s future. ... Imprisoned for opposing Hafez al-Assad, she was tortured and detained from 1987 to 1991.

Syrian rebels have desecrated the tomb of ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad’s father, former Syrian President Hafez al Assad.. Hafez al Assad ruled Syria with an iron fist from 1970 to 2000 ...

Another sign that Syria is moving in positive directions occurred during the Israel-Iran war. As Arab governments lambasted Israel’s air campaign, Syria refrained from issuing a single formal ...

Punitive measures will remain in place for former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and human rights abusers, the White House ...

A panel of experts investigating and documenting crimes committed by the old regime share their experiences of working in the ...

Months after dictator Bashar al-Assad fled Syria, the country’s Kurdish population faces continued uncertainty — and Turkish ...

The last French troops left in 1946, and a long period of turmoil followed. Syria’s military consolidated power in a 1970 coup led by Hafez Al Assad, an Alawite general and the father of Bashar Al ...