Bashar Assad and his brother were sentenced for crimes against humanity during Syria's 14-year conflict that left about half ...

Verdict relates to atrocities committed during the country’s 14-year civil war in which about 500,000 people died ...

The judge who sentenced Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia last week was himself sentenced to death in ...

A Syrian court handed death sentences to Bashar al-Assad and his brother Maher — both in absentia — alongside their cousin ...

The ex-president is convicted of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during the country's civil war.

Assad's 24-year rule of Syria ended abruptly in December 2024 following a lightning advance by rebel forces who struck while the Russian and Iranian allies who had backed him through years of civil ...

The ruling is the first of its kind under Syria’s transitional leaders, who pledged accountability for crimes committed under Bashar al-Assad.

Iran has reportedly blocked a US-backed plan for Syrian military intervention in Lebanon, warning Damascus that any move against Hezbollah could trigger a wider regional confrontation. Iranian sources ...

Syria is trying to shake off the past while building a future on unsteady ground, and there are no easy answers on how to ...

While Israel has largely abstained from direct involvement in the Syrian civil war, it has a vested interest in the conflict’s outcome. The continued conflict has not only killed tens of thousands of ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has arrived in Syria, becoming the first major western leader to visit since Bashar al-Assad's ouster in 2024.

Damascus has suffered little blowback from the Iran War, and the blockade of the Persian Gulf may make Syria an alternative energy route. After the fall of Assad, Syria spent most of 2025 trying to ...