Assad’s government in December 2024 created new possibilities to ensure accountability for years of atrocity crimes and the opportunity to establish a new government that respects human rights.

But as a new government takes shape in Damascus, Syrians and foreign observers alike worry about how inclusive, ...

The news outlet Israel Hayom reported that Defence Minister Israel Katz chaired a small ministerial meeting on Tuesday ...

Ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s departure from the country was unplanned, according to a statement posted Monday on the Syrian Presidency Telegram account, purporting to be from Assad.

DAMASCUS -- Ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad said Monday he wanted to stay in the country after rebels captured the capital, but the Russian military evacuated him from their base in western ...

Intelligence officials in Syria’s new de facto government say they have thwarted a plan by the Islamic State group to set off a bomb at a Shiite shrine in the Damascus suburb of Sayyida Zeinab ...

"Our problem is not with Israel. We don't want to meddle in anything that will threaten Israel's security," Damascus Governor Maher Marwan tells NPR. Syria and Israel have never had diplomatic ties.

“We are traveling to Damascus today to offer our support ... Some Syrians say the move is a worrying sign of how the former ...

The two Mideast powerhouses have been trying to block the rise of Islamist groups in the region for two decades. The rebel ...

Senior U.S. diplomats visiting Damascus on Friday met with Syria's de-facto new ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa and held a "good" and "very productive" meeting with him about Syria's political transition ...

Former Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus, Syria in November 2019. Ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s departure from the country was unplanned, according to a statement posted ...

Intelligence officials in Syria's new de facto government thwarted a plan by the Islamic State group to set off a bomb at a ...