What began as clashes between armed groups loyal to Assad and forces loyal to the new Syrian regime quickly spiraled into communal killings, with a war monitor saying at least 803 people had been ...

“We are now the happiest country in the world,” one man told CNN on the road leading to Damascus on Sunday. In a speech from the Umayyad Mosque on Sunday, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the leader of Syria’s ...

They also served to project Syrian power and influence far beyond the country’s borders. The hypocrisy and cynicism displayed by Assad was a family business. In a 2009 interview with CNN, the ...

World News Israeli and Syrian official hold rare direct talks, Israeli source says (CNN) — Israel and the new Syrian regime have recently held direct talks, according to an Israeli source familiar ...

Thousands of people have died and tens of thousands of others were injured by the devastating earthquakes that rocked Turkey and Syria on Monday. Rescue teams are still desperately searching for signs ...

Anas Modamani, a Syrian who fled brutal civil conflict in 2015, is one of many who made Germany their home. A decade later, ...

It was a killing choreographed for maximum brutality: The simultaneous beheading of 22 Syrian captives held by ISIS. In November, ISIS released a propaganda video titled "Though the Unbelievers ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Bashar al-Assad, who was president of Syria from 2000 to 2024. 1994 – Syrian President Hafez Assad’s oldest son and heir apparent, Basel, dies in a car accident.