Iraq could be forced by regional hostilities and threats by Iran to shut the strategic Strait of Hormuz to revive old pipelines that once carried a large part of its crude exports through Saudi Arabia ...

As his enemies closed in on Damascus, Bashar al-Assad, who ruled over Syria with an iron fist for 24 years, used a private jet to spirit away cash, valuables and confidential documents mapping the ...

When Bashar al-Assad was toppled in December, the iconography of posters, billboards and statues emblematic of his family’s brutal decades-long grip on the country also came down. The images of ...

The SOHR framed the killings as a collective act of revenge, adding that women and children were executed by firing squad in the countryside near Tartus, an Assad stronghold. NBC News has not ...

Clashes between Syria’s new authorities and gunmen loyal to the ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad have killed at least 147 people over the past two days, a war monitor said on Friday, in the ...

A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 uprising has been detained inside Syria, according to state news agency SANA.

Assad had long relied on support from Russia and also from Iran to maintain power through Syria's long civil war. Per Saqr's telling, both allies looked the other way as collapse loomed.

Lebanon returns fleeing pro-Assad soldiers to Syria In the last few days, the Lebanese authorities have arrested dozens of officers, soldiers and supporters of the deposed president and handed ...

Assad's demise is a victory for humanity, even if the immediate aftermath is fraught with challenges that could lead to a worsening situation. His regime was an abomination that deserved to fall ...

Around 100,000 individuals, according to reports, have disappeared into Assad'a prisons, where people, including thousands of women and children, were detained, tortured and killed. "Rights groups ...

Investigations into Rifaat al-Assad's granddaughter and mother continued in Lebanon after they were detained for attempting to travel using a forged passport. Shams Duraid Rifaat al-Assad and her ...