The hopes of liberalization raised at the start of Hafez al-Assad's son's rule were short-lived. Urged by his family, the ...

The trailer has been met with enthusiasm, as people express excitement over a cinema industry without the censorship and ...

On Tuesday, the currency was trading at 8,500 Syrian pounds to the US dollar in the morning, 7,000 in the afternoon and 9,500 ...

The Syrian military defector who documented atrocities committed by the Bashar Assad regime by smuggling tens of thousands of photos of Syrian detainees killed by torture has revealed his identity.

Now Hezbollah is also at risk of losing the support of Lebanese Shiites, who make up its domestic base. As is usually the ...

After the fall of the Assad regime, displaced Syrian women are feeling more hopeful. But there is still plenty of uncertainty in Syria's postwar future. The post Displaced Syrian Women Are ...

A prison in Syria holds about 4,500 members of the Islamic State group who have been there for years without trial ...

Droubi, the wife of Syria's newly appointed interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, have sparked wide interest in Syria's new ...

In Arabic, Assad means “lion,” although that wasn’t his real name. Hafez, Bashar’s father, had adopted it to look strong. Hasan was born in the northeastern Syrian city of Manbij, 18 years before the ...

Sham, are refusing to respond to the social and political demands of former President Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite minority, ...

Syria's former President Bashar Al-Assad fled to Moscow when rebel forces captured Damascus after a stunning sweep across the country. NBC News’ Hala Gorani spoke with Assad’s former communications ...

After the exodus of most Syrian Jews, a few remain in the country they have called home for centuries. The New Arab finds out ...