Assad, who ruled over Syria with an iron fist for 24 years, used a private jet to spirit away cash, valuables and confidential documents mapping the corporate web behind his wealth. Yasar Ibrahim, the ...

From Donald Trump being shot at a campaign rally to Bashar al-Assad's shock overthrow, Newsweek writers on the moment of 2024: plus have your say. "I believe there will be violent fighting ...

When I was a child, I remember, my father scolded my brother for telling his friends that Hafez al-Assad had imprisoned my uncles. When his son Bashar al-Assad took over his vast empire of ...

Syria’s ousted dictator, Bashar al-Assad, unleashed a Sarin gas strike on the suburbs of Damascus in 2013, killing at least 1,500. Now, the survivors want justice. The basement of an underground ...

Yet despite the scale of the attack, no military or legal action was taken against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at the time. Assad has since denied responsibility, though military insiders say ...

As Syria undergoes a precarious government transition under interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa following the ouster of Bashar al-Assad, now is a critical moment to hold members of the former regime ...

(Illustrative) Exiled former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad flees on a Syrian plane after rebel forces took over Damascus, December 8, 2024. (photo credit: Canva, screenshot, SECTION 27A ...

An Israeli strike targeted the vicinity of a village in Syria's Hama countryside, Syrian state news agency reported on Friday. Israel has escalated military operations in Syria since rebels ousted ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says warplanes last year intercepted Iranian aircraft headed toward Syria in a bid to rescue the country’s embattled president at the time, Bashar Assad.

James Marson leads Ukraine coverage for The Wall Street Journal.

CAIRO - A ship carrying wheat has arrived in Syria's Latakia port, the first delivery of its kind since former President Bashar al-Assad was ousted by rebels in December, the government said on ...

Deadly violence in Syria's Alawite heartland is the worst since rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad in December. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said 830 civilians had been killed.