Tens of thousands of Syrians flooded the streets of Damascus on Monday to mark the first anniversary of the Assad regime’s collapse. The celebrations came a year after former Syrian dictator Bashar al ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People hold a poster of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during a rally in support of Russia ...

Bashar al-Assad was the 19th president of Syria, entering office in 2000 succeeding his father Hafez al-Assad as the country's leader and as head of the Ba'ath Party. He was ousted in December 2024 by ...

GAZIANTEP, Turkey — After more than a decade in exile, Syrians around the world are asking themselves a once unthinkable question: Is it finally time to go home? When the civil war broke out in 2011, ...

Premieres Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at 10:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app Amid chaos and conflict in the Middle East, a new FRONTLINE documentary investigates high-stakes questions about the future of a ...

The first wave of detentions in the new Syria came almost immediately – just after victorious rebels flung open the doors of Bashar al-Assad’s notorious prisons. As ordinary Syrians stormed detention ...

Dictator's overthrow raised hope missing detainees could soon be found Families say post-Assad authorities have yet to resolve fate of loved ones Estimated 150,000 vanished in Assad's notorious ...

It’s a catch-22 no president wants to be caught up in. If President Obama doesn’t launch a limited military strike against Syria for using chemical weapons against its people, President Bashar ...