Assad, an ophthalmologist who graduated from Damascus University (Syria) and specialised at the Western Eye Hospital in London (UK), had a sudden career shift to politics and became Syria's President ...

Syrians are the largest group of asylum seekers in Europe, but since Bashar al-Assad’s ouster, their future in Europe is uncertain. Several EU countries have decided to suspend asylum applications for ...

The Syria Team The fall of the authoritarian government of Bashar Assad in Syria to rebel fighters came swiftly and ...

The demise of the Syrian regime was marked by internal confusion, last-minute diplomatic wrangling, and the exposure of its ...

The Assad regime cultivated ethnic and religious divides that threaten Syria's future even after the dynasty's fall.

A statement posted to social media in Moscow appears to detail the events leading to former Syrian president Bashar ...

Overthrown Syrian leader Bashar Assad said Monday in his first public comments since fleeing to Moscow that he wanted to keep ...

Hope and uncertainty fill the streets of Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. The challenges of rebuilding are enormous ...

Now that former President Bashar al-Assad has fled, Syria is looking toward its future. But before the country can plan for ...

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

Nobody had heard from Syrian activist Mazen al-Hamada after he was detained in Damascus in 2020. On Tuesday, his family ...

With a naval base in Tartus and an airbase near Latakia, Russia was the main source of military support for Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria. With Assad deposed and granted asylum in Moscow, Russia’s ...