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After nearly 14 years of civil war, Syria's Assad regime crumbled in a stunning series of rebel advances culminating in the capture of Damascus. Spearheaded by the HTS-led coalition, with support from ...

Syria developments in 2025 after the fall of Bashar al-Assad government and rise to power of the interim government led by ...

Despite his jihadist past, the Syrian president endeavors to align his country, once a pillar of the pro-Iranian axis unde, ...

Syria's small Druze community largely kept out of the country's long civil war but since president Bashar al-Assad's ouster in December it has ... Druze are monotheistic and considered Muslim, but the ...

For decades, former president Bashar al-Assad, his relatives and allies enjoyed wide-ranging privileges before his overthrow in a lightning Islamist-led offensive in December. Equestrian sports surged ...

Syria on Saturday announced the formation of a national commission for missing persons and another for transitional justice, more than five months after the ouster of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.

Syrian rebels overthrew dictator Bashar al Assad in December. Sharahh broke with al Qaeda in 2016. Syria's Ahmed al-Sharaa has transformed himself from al Qaeda militant to Syrian president in a ...