Syrians who remained loyal to him through years of civil war fume that he left without a word. Read more at straitstimes.com.

After dusk, the president slipped out of the capital, flying covertly to a Russian military base in northern Syria and then ...

For years, Syria was a fabled destination for cultural holidays. Now operators believe Britons could return as soon as next ...

The Middle Eastern country had been ruled by outside powers and dictators for centuries before its revolution was realized.

In 1994, the line of succession changed in what seemed a promising way. Basil al-Assad, the “hero” and Hafez al-Assad’s ...

In the early hours of Sunday morning, Syrian opposition fighters announced that they had captured the capital, Damascus ... al-Assad came to an end. The maps below provide a day-by-day overview ...

Here’s how it unfolded in photos, videos and maps: NOV. 27 TURKEY Turkish ... shaking fighters’ hands at the Umayyad Mosque, an ancient landmark in Damascus, and declaring “a victory for ...

As an ancient identity left stateless, Assyrians stand as the most concrete example of this reality. From Mesopotamia to the ...

Bashar al-Assad, the butcher of Damascus, fled to Moscow and was granted ... before proclaiming victory in a speech at the city’s ancient mosque. World leaders welcomed the fall of Assad but ...

An offensive by opposition forces in Syria is redrawing the map of areas controlled by the ... They posted photos of fighters who had taken the ancient citadel of Aleppo, the city held by the ...

Homs, which is about 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Hama, is the gate to the capital, Damascus, Assad’s seat of power and ...

Russia's embassy in Damascus has urged all of its citizens ... and pro-government media both reported. 3,000ft ancient object ...