Syria’s ruler Ahmad Al Shara has demanded that Russia hand over former president Bashar Al Assad and an estimated $2 billion dollars in liquid assets held by the Assad family in Russian banks, during a meeting in Damascus,

Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has been named president for the "transitional period", state media report, seven weeks after he led the rebel offensive that overthrew Bashar al-Assad.

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Almost 30% of the millions of Syrian refugees living in Middle Eastern countries want to return home in the next year, following the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, up from almost none last year, the head of the U.N.'s refugee agency said.

In the heart of the neighbourhood, The Telegraph witnessed a colonel in Assad’s 30th division ashen-faced as two HTS fighters evicted him from the grace-and-favour property he has lived in with his wife and two children for five years.

EDITORIAL. The gradual lifting of sanctions on Syria announced by the European Union is a welcome step, as the international community's support is essential if Syrians are to succeed in setting up a democratic regime after decades of dictatorship.

Assad, Syria still faces uncertainty over its future as the transitional government attempts to bring order to a country wracked by more than 13 years of

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - French investigating magistrates have issued an arrest warrant against ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad for suspected complicity in war crimes, notably the launch of a deliberate attack on civilians, a legal source said late on Tuesday, January 21, 2025.

Officers say the move aims to instil a sense of morality as they race to fill a security vacuum after dismantling ousted president Bashar al-Assad's notoriously corrupt and brutal security forces.

More than 50,000 Syrian refugees have left Turkey to return home since Bashar al-Assad's ouster. But for many others living in the country, the thought raises a host of worrying questions. In Altindag,

BRUSSELS: Some European Union sanctions against Syria are being lifted, France's foreign minister said on Monday (Jan 27), as part of a broader EU move to help stabilise Damascus after the ousting of President Bashar al-Assad in December.

A statement by the Syrian-Jordanian Free Zone Company said a meeting was held in Amman on Sunday during which a mechanism was agreed upon to facilitate operations at the Jaber-Nasib border crossing to boost trade and shipping traffic between the two countries and to attract investments to the zone.

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said she expected the bloc to agree Monday to begin easing sanctions on Syria after the ouster of Bashar al-Assad.