Bashar al Assad

Syria welcomes US decision to ease Assad-era sanctions as 'positive step'

May 25, 2025 7:41 am

In a statement, the ministry said Syria “extends its hand” to anyone that wants to cooperate with Damascus, on the condition that there is no intervention in the country’s internal affairs.

UN slams Israeli airstrikes in Syria as clashes with Druze fighters intensify 

May 03, 2025 10:18 pm

Israel has its own Druze community and has promised to protect the Druze people in Syria. It has also warned Islamist groups to stay away from areas where Druze live.

Syria swears in new transitional government months after Assad’s removal

March 30, 2025 6:46 am

The US State Department warned American citizens about an increased risk of attacks during the Eid al-Fitr holiday.

At least 16 killed after unexploded bomb from Syria’s civil war goes off in Latakia

March 16, 2025 6:27 pm

According to a report by the United Nations in February, at least 100 people have been killed from exploding ordnance in the last 13 years in Syria.

Syria leader Ahmed al-Sharaa vows to hunt down Assad loyalists, those responsible for over 1,300 killings

March 10, 2025 10:37 am

According to a UK based monitor tracking the death toll in Syria, more than 830 civilians were killed in "massacres" targeting Alawites on the west coast from Friday to Saturday.

Syria's worst violence in months reopens wounds of the civil war

March 10, 2025 9:01 am

The attack Thursday near the port city of Latakia reopened the wounds of the country’s 13-year civil war and sparked the worst violence Syria has seen since December, when insurgents led by the Islamist group HTS, overthrew Assad.

Over 1,000 dead in 2 days of clashes, revenge killings in Syria

March 09, 2025 8:07 am

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that among the dead were 745 civilians, mostly killed at close range, along with 125 government security personnel and 148 militants linked to Assad.

Hasina's ouster, Trump return, South Korea's impeachment: Top 10 global events that made headlines in 2024

December 31, 2024 7:49 am

As 2024 comes to an end, let's recall the global headlines that kept the world on toes throughout the year.

Ambush by ousted Assad loyalists kills 14 security personnel, says Syria

December 26, 2024 7:50 am

The ambush, which took place near the Mediterranean port of Tartous on Tuesday, also saw three militants from the Assad loyal forces getting killed.

UN investigative team says Syria's new authorities 'very receptive' to probe of Assad war crimes

December 24, 2024 6:36 am

Since the rebel overthrow of Syria’s President Bashar Assad and the rebel opening of prisons and detention facilities, there have been rising demands for the prosecution of those responsible for atrocities.

The doctor who became an enemy of the Syrian regime

June 22, 2020 6:17 pm

Since the beginning of Syria’s civil war, the Bashar Al-Assad government has targeted and killed hundreds of medical workers. Many have fled. This is the story of one doctor, Mohammed al-Bardan, who did not.

Questions over Syrian Kurds' links to Assad and Russia

February 26, 2016 1:11 pm

Erdogan says Syria ceasefire plan will only serve to benefit Assad

February 25, 2016 12:38 pm

Assad calls parliamentary elections in Syria

February 23, 2016 6:23 pm