Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In an unexpected development Saturday night, Syrian rebels who had been fighting ...

To the victors go the spoilers. When Islamist rebel forces in Syria marched into Damascus and stormed the palace of Bashar al-Assad on Sunday, they found a massive fleet of high-end cars ...

The British wife of ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is deathly ill with leukemia ... filed for divorce from her husband and wants to go to the UK with her children — which the Kremlin ...

Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad were allegedly communicating before rebels took over the Syrian government in December.

The United Nations human rights chief has called for the lifting of Western sanctions imposed on Syria over its yearslong ...

"We demand that Bashar al-Assad be prosecuted for his crimes. Justice, long overdue, must finally be served for all victims of his abuses." The group said that since 2011, the start of mass anti ...

In the shadow of the Syrian civil war, the drug trade emerged as a grim cornerstone of Bashar al-Assad's regime. Known for its stimulant effects, Captagon became Syria's largest illicit export ...

For decades, the Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad built his power on a single ... reminders not of what divides Syrians, but of why we must rebuild together, and of the terrible cost of fear.

Germany’s foreign minister says sanctions against Syrian officials responsible for war crimes must remain in place but called ...

Sanctions against allies of ousted President Bashar al-Assad who “committed serious crimes” during the Syrian civil war must remain in place, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on ...

Three rights group on Monday appealed to Syria's new rulers to urgently preserve evidence of atrocities committed under former president Bashar al-Assad. Such evidence -- including government and ...

Baerbock makes a surprise visit to Syria following the fall of long-term ruler Bashar al-Assad. Jörg Blank/dpa ... to support rights groups in Syria must continue. "You simply can't imagine ...