Assad, who ruled over Syria with an iron fist for 24 years, used a private jet to spirit away cash, valuables and ...

Images of Bashar al-Assad and his family were emblematic of the dynasty’s grip on Syria. Though remnants linger after the ...

The longest-serving political prisoner under the regime is now revered as a hero. ‘I was always free here,’ he declares, tapping his temple ...

United Nations rights chief Volker Turk on Wednesday said transitional justice was "crucial" for Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad ... to show volunteers painting over prisoner etchings ...

Ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's inner sanctum bore signs of a ... Children ran up and down an indoor art installation like it was a playground. A young man carried a modest-sized flat ...

At the start of the new year, 115,000 Syrians had already returned home from Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. In December, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) expected 1 million ...

When I was a child, I remember, my father scolded my brother for telling his friends that Hafez al-Assad had imprisoned my uncles. When his son Bashar al-Assad took over his vast empire of ...