It’s been six months since longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was toppled following a stunning rebel offensive that saw ...

Bashar al-Assad was never expected to rule Syria. That job was meant for his older brother, Basil, who trained as a military commander while Bashar studied to be an ophthalmologist.

The toppling of Ankara’s archenemy Bashar al-Assad in Syria may have increased Turkey’s regional influence but it also represents a strategic challenge for Turkish President Recep Tayyip ...

Syrian insurgents toppled President Bashar al-Assad's on Sunday after a stunning, two-week offensive that saw major cities slip from the regime’s fingers one by one, until rebel forces captured ...

The United States on Monday announced it was revoking its designation as a “foreign terrorist organisation” of Hayat Tahrir ...

Syria’s iron-fisted leader Bashar al-Assad is the second generation of an autocratic family dynasty that held power for more than five decades and his disappearance amid a lighting rebel advance ...

Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his family have been granted asylum in Russia and are now in Moscow. Assad's departure marks the end of nearly 25 years of brutal rule.

France on Sunday applauded the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime and called for a peaceful political transition that respects the diversity of the Syrian people and protects civilians and all ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — After insurgents toppled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad this month, many senior officials and members of his dreaded intelligence and security services appear to have ...

Some European Union sanctions on Syria will be lifted as part of a broader EU move to help stabilise Damascus after the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad in December, France’s foreign minister ...