In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged ...

A Syrian former equestrian champion has told how he was jailed and tortured for 21 years after he beat Bashar al Assad's older brother in a competition. Adnan Kassar, once a celebrated figure in ...

Students sit in a Damascus classroom in December after schools were reopened following the ousting of Bashar al-Assad. Syria’s new government is facing backlash after announcing changes to the ...

Sharaa emphasized the need of a thorough population census as a precondition for hosting peaceful elections in an interview with Al-Arabiya Al ... that all elements of Syrian society will be ...

Syria’s new administration is carrying out a security crackdown against what it has described as “remnants” of former President Bashar al-Assad’s rule, with operations under way in several ...

When rebels seized Hama on Dec. 6, their leader Ahmed al-Sharaa referred to it, saying they would "cleanse that wound that has persisted in Syria for 40 years". Rifat al-Assad helped Hafez al ...

The appointment was part of efforts to restructure Syria ... Hama, and Qardaha on Wednesday, resulting in violent confrontations. Protesters came out after a video was circulated on social networks ...

Syria's new government have arrested a top military official responsible for issuing thousands of death sentences in the country's infamous Sednaya prison under former leader Bashar al-Assad ...

Fierce clashes erupted on Thursday between security forces of Syria’s transitional government and loyalists of ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad, as the new rulers struggle to re-establish ...

The circulation of a video on social media showing the burning of the Christmas tree in al-Suqaylabiyah sparked outrage among Christian and other communities across Syria. Christians in Hama ...

including the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyard by the Israeli National Security Minister, and the incursions of the occupation forces in southern Syria. In a statement issued by the Ministry ...

Syria’s fallen tyrant, Bashar al-Assad, fled to friendly Moscow after his regime was toppled by rebels two weeks ago. Waiting for him in Russia, according to close aides, was his wife, Asma. The pair ...