Students returned to classrooms in Syria on Sunday after the country's new rulers ordered schools reopened in a potent sign ...

After more than 53 years of a brutal dictatorship, and nearly 14 years of debilitating conflict, the Assad government fell in ...

The family stashed away its wealth over half a century of despotic rule. Human-rights lawyers are leading efforts to find the ...

Leaders in countries such as Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia are worried Assad’s ouster, and the rise of an Islamist ...

Iran’s foreign minister assured Assad of Tehran’s support and promised to raise the issue with Turkey, an Iranian official ...

I’ve been thinking in the past few years: will I die away from my country?” Abdulaziz Almashi asked aloud. “Will I be able to ...

Like millions of Syrians around the world, the thousands who have settled in the Detroit area are excited about the prospect ...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has wrapped up perhaps his last Middle East mission as America’s top diplomat ...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says American officials have been in direct contact with the Syrian rebel group that ...

Before Assad took office in 2000, his late father Hafez was president for three decades. Now, with rebels led by the Islamist ...

Hezbollah was dealt a major blow during 14 months of war with Israel. The toppling of Assad, who had strong ties to Iran, has ...

NBC News gained exclusive access to the marble atrium and wood-lined library of the deposed president's former residence.