Motivated to avenge their families in China, Uyghur mercenaries became valued fighting partners for Syria's rebels. Their participation helped Syria's new president ultimately win Syria's civil war.

Assad is said to be living a life of reclusion in Moscow, but rumors say he is also doing business, while his brother plots a return. As Syria celebrates one year since the fall of the Assad regime, ...

Dozens of previously undeclared chemical bombs and rockets left over from when then-President Bashar Assad ruled Syria have ...

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The last month has marked a dramatic turn in the history of Syria, a nation racked by years of civil war that only ended in ...

Shibl, Syrian President Assad's adviser, died after a suspected deliberate car accident in Damascus, amid political intrigues and military reforms in Syria.

The European Union on Monday renewed sanctions targeting individuals and entities linked to former Syrian President Bashar al ...

In an exclusive interview with AFP in Damascus-- his first since the alleged April 4 attack prompted a US air strike on Syrian forces -- Assad said his army had given up all its chemical weapons and ...

Discovery includes munitions and ingredients used to make sarin ...

Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa has reshuffled several top government posts and removed his brother from a key position.

Security forces in Syria have reportedly located and confiscated the remnants of the chemical weapons program of former ...