With former President Bashar al-Assad ousted from power, comedians in Syria see a new moment for their art form. They have been putting together shows at cafes and clubs across Damascus. The World’s ...

Less than two weeks after Ahmad al-Sharaa ousted Bashar al-Assad in Syria, a U.S. State Department delegation arrived in ...

More than a decade after being isolated by the Arab world for his brutal crackdown during Syria’s civil war, President Bashar al-Assad has made a remarkable return to regional diplomacy. Once ...

During the 13-year civil war in Syria, the forces loyal to ousted President Bashar al-Assad carried out some of the most horrific chemical attacks in recent history. One of them was in April 2018, in ...

Ghouta was where Bashar al-Assad unleashed some of his most ruthless violence, where chemical gas killed innocent people in their sleep. From Ghouta, Ms. al-Khalil kept a diary, fragments of her ...

Deposed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad (left) has been a target for the AI-generated memes [Getty] Anime fans in the MENA region are making animations of real-life events using the new Studio Ghibli ...

EXCLUSIVE: Through a popular uprising and a long and hideous civil war, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime tottered at times, but held on, propped up by allies Russia and Iran. But ...

Clockwise Top L-R: Feras Fayyad; Citizens in Syria take down statues of Hafez al-Assad the father of Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria on December 9, 2024, A torn portrait of Bashar al-Assad ...

Syria has seen the worst outbreak of violence since the ousting of former President Bashar al-Assad late last year, after armed men descended on Alawite heartlands on Thursday in what Syrian ...

Once a stronghold of the opposition against Mr Al Assad before falling to jihadists, Raqqa now sees many residents rejoicing at the fall of the regime they long opposed. “No one could have been ...