Here’s a look at ongoing civil war in Syria. Facts Bashar al-Assad ruled Syria as president from July 2000-December 2024. His father, Hafez al-Assad, ruled Syria from 1970-2000. The ongoing violence ...

Ahmed al-Sharaa faces significant challenges as Syria's new leader, including appeasing Western powers and managing internal ...

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa has a lot to prove to win over Western powers. If the first few weeks of his rule are ...

Three months following the overthrow of President Bashar Assad, Syria is at a crossroads, the top U.N. envoy for the country ...

Syria’s newly approved constitutional declaration, meant to govern the country’s transitional phase, concentrates power in ...

The one thing holding Syria together now is Ahmed al-Sharaa, who has taken on the near-impossible job of teaching his people ...

The Syrian regime’s brutal response to protests with bullets set this grim reality in motion: from the very beginning of the Syrian uprising (March 2011) ...

The recent surge of violence in Syria lays bare the challenges interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa faces in delivering on his promise to lead a more unified country.

Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock officially reopened her country's embassy in war-ravaged Syria during a one-day ...

Germany has reopened its embassy in Damascus, 13 years after it was shut in the early days of Syria’s civil war.

President Vladimir Putin has sent a message to Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, affirming Russia's support for Syria's ...

President Vladimir Putin sent a message to Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa backing efforts to ensure Syria's territorial ...