From a Bond villain lair in the rugged heights overlooking Damascus, the all-seeing eye of a notorious Syrian military unit gazed down on a city that it bled dry.

Syrian ousted president Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma. Picture: NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP Many “could no longer operate” under such pressure, Shehabi said. Maher al-Assad and his “friends ...

Interim leader accuses old regime loyalists and 'foreign backers' of trying to 'divide and destroy' the country ...

Two days of fighting along the Mediterranean coast were among the bloodiest battles since rebels ousted the dictator Bashar al-Assad. By Christina Goldbaum Reporting from Damascus, Syria Clashes ...

Almost 200 people have died in clashes between Syrian government forces and fighters loyal to the country's former president Bashar al Assad, a war monitoring group has said. Fighters backing the ...

Restoring security has been one of the most complex tasks for Syria's new authorities, installed after Islamist-led forces ousted Assad in a lightning offensive in December. They are now facing ...

Ongoing clashes between the two sides have marked the worst violence since Assad’s government was toppled in early December by insurgent groups led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.

LATAKIA, Syria -- Clashes between Syrian security forces and gunmen loyal to former President Bashar Assad in the country’s coastal region have left more than 70 people dead and an area outside ...