Bashar al-Assad claimed he had no intention of leaving the country when he lost his grip on the country a week ago ...

His mission was to establish Al Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate ... He told PBS in 2021 that he had no desire to wage war against Western nations. In the years that followed, Jolani replaced his ...

The U.S.-backed Syrian rebel forces have seized Deir ez-Zor in the latest setback for President Bashar al-Assad. Follow Newsweek's live blog for updates.

American diplomats were in Syria for the first time since the U.S. shut its embassy in Damascus in 2012. They met with ...

Ahmed al-Shara stressed diplomacy in an interview but criticized Israel’s advance into Syrian territory. A statement said to ...

As rebels seize control in Syria after more than a decade of war, the future is uncertain. Key concerns include al-Assad's ...

The ongoing Syrian civil war, which began in 2011 ... known as the "Caesar Act," aiming to pressure the Assad regime. May 2021: Assad was re-elected for a fourth term as president of Syria ...

For the Kurdish minority, America's closest ally in Syria, the struggle for a new order is entering an even more challenging ...

(Omar Haj Kadour/AFP/Getty Images) The Syrian civil war began in 2011 and never really ... collapse of Afghan forces fighting the Taliban in 2021 and of Iraqi forces fighting Islamic State in ...

Syria was home to one of the first ... a former U.S. ambassador for war crimes issues, told 60 Minutes in 2021. "I mean, this is a top down, organized effort. There are documents with his names ...

A lightning rebel advance this month ended more than 50 years of Assad family rule, sparking jubilant scenes on the streets ...