Assad used chlorine and sarin repeatedly during the Syrian civil war. Following a particularly horrible sarin attack in Ghouta in 2013, Assad agreed to eradicate his chemical weapons program, but ...

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 ...

The European Union intensified its stance against individuals allied with ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, implementing an asset freeze and travel ban. These measures, announced on Monday, affect ...

The European Union imposed on Monday an asset freeze and a ban on travel to the EU on five people linked with toppled Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad for supporting crimes against humanity ...

Syrian authorities have arrested Wassim Badi Assad, a cousin of former President Bashar Assad, for alleged involvement in drug trafficking and supporting the ousted government. US sanctions were ...

By GHAITH ALSAYED DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian authorities have arrested a cousin of former President Bashar Assad, who is under U.S. sanctions for his alleged role in drug trafficking and ...

Syrian authorities have arrested a cousin of former President Bashar Assad, who is under U.S. sanctions for his alleged role in drug trafficking and support to forces loyal to the ousted government.

Syrian authorities have arrested a cousin of former President Bashar Assad, who is under U.S. sanctions for his alleged role in drug trafficking and support to forces loyal to the ousted government.

Syrian authorities arrested Wassim al-Assad, a cousin of former Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad, the interior ministry said Saturday, in one of the most high-profile arrests since the former president's ...