DAMASCUS: Samir al-Baghdad grabbed his pickax and walked up a wobbly set of stairs made of cinderblocks and rubble. He is ...

Syria's new authorities are using Islamic teachings to train a fledgling police force, a move officers say aims to instil a ...

Once Syria's most influential minority, Alawites struggle to move on from their association with a hated dictator.

As insurgents raced across Syria in a surprise offensive launched in the country’s northwest late last year, officials from ...

Syria's central bank has ordered banks to freeze accounts linked to Assad's regime, targeting key businesses like the Katerji ...

A court in Paris has accused the overthrown Syrian ruler of complicity in war crimes in relation to a deadly attack on ...

PARIS (Reuters) - French investigating magistrates have issued an arrest warrant against ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad ...

When Bashar al-Assad ruled Syria, merchants like Youssef Rajab kept much of their imported stock hidden for fear of arrest ...

The rebel offensive benefited from careful preparation and the support of Turkey, which occupies territory in Syria’s north ...

Last week’s column looked at the SWP’s politics on the fall of Assad and how they distort reality in Syria by looking through ...

Turkey has emerged as one of the most influential power brokers in Syria after rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad last month, ...

More than 50,000 Syrian refugees have left Turkey to return home since Bashar al-Assad's ouster. But for many others living ...