Six months after Ahmad al-Sharaa led the ousting of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad he was shaking hands with Donald Trump, who would go on to describe him as a “young, attractive guy”. The ...

A bashful Bashar might blush at this. Jihadi rebels invading President Bashar al-Assad’s palace in Aleppo last week came across a photo of the Syrian leader as a young man, sporting nothing but ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump gave his final sign-off Monday to lifting longstanding US sanctions on Syria after pledging to ...

U.S. officials said sanctions against targets such as its central bank would end, but they would remain on Syria’s former ...

Bashar al-Assad fled Syria after 13 years of brutal civil war, bringing an end to the Assad family’s decades-long grip on the country.

Syrians vanished during Bashar al-Assad's rule. Since his fall, ... Nicole Young, Kristin Steve, Aaron Weisz. Alex Ortiz, Ian Flickinger. December 15, 2024 / 7:59 PM EST / CBS News ...

As Syria's economy collapsed during its civil war, the country became something of a narco state. The regime of ousted President Bashar al-Assad earned billions by trafficking in the drug Captagon.

As rebels swept into Damascus, the capital of Syria, Bashar al-Assad fled to Moscow with his family, Russian news agencies said. His departure triggered celebrations across the country and beyond ...

Abu Oweis had dropped out of high school, he said, and joined Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Islamist rebel group that led the assault that ousted Mr. al-Assad. Now 20, the young rebel had never left ...