Syria

Was the astonishing implosion of Bashar Assad's regime exclusively the result of its rottenness or did elements inside his government coordinate with rebels?

Thousands of Syrians, in cars and on foot, have congregated at a main square in Damascus, chanting for freedom, according to the Reuters news agency.

Two senior Syrian officers told Reuters that Assad fled Damascus, his destination unknown, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said he had ...

Responding to the ousting of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad following the seizure of power by opposition forces in the capital city of Damascus, ...

December 8, 2024, marked a historic turning point in the Syrian Civil War as President Bashar al-Assad fled the country amidst the fall of Damascus to ...

The statement from Assad's ally is the first on his whereabouts since rebels took control of Damascus.

It took less than two weeks for insurgents to tear through government defences, taking several cities on the way to the Syrian capital Damascus.

Rebel fighters have captured the Syrian capital of Damascus, effectively toppling the Assad regime that has been in power in the country since 1971.

On this historic day for Syria and the Syrian people, France welcomes the fall of Bachar al-Assad and his regime on 8 December 2024, after more (…)

EPA Crowds of people waving flags in Damascus after the fall of the Assad regime in EPA. "They arrived here worried about the Islamists," is how one source ...

With the fall of Damascus, Iran can longer deny that its political and military 'axis of resistance' has collapsed.

Toppled president came to power keen to show he was different to his father but proved to be as repressive.

Bashar Assad, Syria's now former dictator, has fled the country, Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Sunday, after opposition forces stormed the Syrian capital ...

President Bashar al-Assad's regime has fallen in Syria, almost 14 years after an uprising against it began and more than half a century after his father ...

Bashar al-Assad's regime is gone, but it remains unclear what Syria's new order will eventually look like, writes Lyse Doucet.

UK prime minister calls for civilians in Syria to be protected after rebel forces take control of Damascus.

President Bashar al Assad has left office and Syria after giving orders for there to be a peaceful transfer of power, says Russia - as Abu Mohammed al ...

On January 21, 1994, Basil al-Assad was killed in what the Syrian government described as a car accident. According to official dispatches, he had been driving ...

Sir John Sawers lived in Syria in the 1980s and says he saw the oppression from the Assad regime "with my own eyes". Here, the former MI6 chief explains the ...