Syria

On January 21, 1994, Basil al-Assad was killed in what the Syrian government described as a car accident. According to official dispatches, he had been driving ...

Over the past ten days, a range of Syrian rebel forces led by the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) have mounted an offensive against the Syrian regime of Bashar ...

Coverage of the extraordinary events in Syria have filled the front pages in the UK, US and Australia.

Syrian rebels have swept into the capital, Damascus, bringing an end to the long rule of President Bashar al-Assad. Video footage shows the rebels escorting ...

Hafez and his son Bashar killed countless people over five decades and oversaw the country's descent into kleptocracy.

The private residence of deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad was ransacked after rebels took over the capital, forcing him to flee the country.

The swift and unexpected fall of the Syrian capital, Damascus, to Sunni opposition forces marks a pivotal moment in the modern history of the Middle East.

President Bashar Assad and other officials left Syria, their whereabouts unknown, after negotiations with rebel groups, Russia's Foreign Ministry claimed ...

Insurgents control the capital Damascus, President Bashar Assad has fled into hiding, and for the first time after 50 years of his family's iron hand, ...

The HTS chief has evolved from jihadist leader to rebel statesman while fighting to overthrow Bashar al-Assad.

Biden praises, warns of uncertainty as analysts question his administration's years-long deprioritisation of Syria.

Russian state media reports that ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is in Moscow and has been granted asylum after Russia's Foreign Ministry said earlier ...

Syrians awakened to a hopeful if uncertain future, after rebels seized the capital Damascus and President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia, following 13 years ...

There will be perilous days to come and the future is uncertain, but around the world we Syrians are celebrating, says author and researcher Ammar Azzouz.

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Israel has said it has carried out airstrikes on “strategic weapons systems” inside Syria and that ground troop operations on Syrian territory were a “limited, ...

PM Netanyahu said the 1974 disengagement agreement had "collapsed" with the rebel takeover of Syria.

Israeli forces also bomb weapons depots in southern Syria and the capital Damascus, Israeli media reports.

The EU issued a statement on the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, expressing its support for the Syrian people and urging all actors to avoid any further ...

After decades of brutal rule, Bashar al-Assad's regime has been toppled. Here's what you need to know · (File photo) yrian President Bashar Assad is seen during ...

GENEVA – Today marks a historic new beginning for the Syrian people who have suffered unspeakable violence and atrocities over the past 14 years.

The IDF also released photos of its personnel who crossed from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights into the buffer zone where UN peacekeepers are based.

The rebels Hayat Tahrir al-Sham free prisoners of the former president, Bashar al-Assad, who fled to Russia.

The UK government could remove Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham from the list of banned terrorist groups after the rebels led the overthrow of ...

The civil war prosecuted by Assad led millions of Syrians to flee the country, creating a refugee crisis that destabilised the EU and generated severe tensions ...

Israeli forces have seized control of a previously demilitarised buffer zone in Syrian-controlled territory in the Golan Heights and attacked what it said ...

The swift downfall of Bashar al-Assad is reverberating in Syria and throughout the Middle East. Some changes are already apparent. Syrians who fled the ...

Geir Pedersen warns there is 'no way to exclude' Islamist group that led offensive against Assad regime.

Ministers facing calls to reconsider proscription of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, with No 10 saying it is 'evolving situation'

The Syrian diaspora celebrates the fall of Bashar al-Assad's brutal regime but says there are still unanswered questions over what happens next.

The worst scenario for Syrians is that their country will spin into violent chaos, writes the BBC's Jeremy Bowen.

Less than took weeks ago, a rebel offensive led by al-Qaida offshoot Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rekindled Syria's long-frozen civil war, rapidly leading to ...

Arab statements come as Israel continues to step up strikes across Syria after ouster of Bashar al-Assad's government.

Toppled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's prime minister says he has agreed to hand power to the opposition-led Salvation Government, headed by Mohammed al- ...