Damascus was to Syria and Al-Sham what Moscow was to imperial Russia, the Soviet Union, and the Russian Federation. In some historic eras, events in Damascus – once the capital of the Umayyad ...

On December 5, 2024, rebels led by Syria’s now-President Ahmed al-Sharaa took control of Hama, marking their second ...

The 53-year-long rule of the al-Assad family ended on December 8, 2024, after a lightning 11-day offensive that took Syria ...

Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is living in near-isolation in Russia, sidelined by President Vladimir Putin, one ...

Former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad lives in Moscow under strict Russian supervision with banned public appearances, ...

In the early hours of December 8, 2024, a historic turning point reshaped the Middle East: the collapse of the Assad regime ...

STORY: For the first time in three decades, Rabbi Joseph Hamra and his son Henry read from a Torah scroll in a synagogue in the heart of Syria's capital Damascus. The pair have been planning this ...

Bashar al-Assad was ousted as Syria's president and fled to Russia in December 2024, bringing a sudden end to his 24-year ...

For many years, Ragheed Tatari's family assumed he had died in Syria's hellish prison system — LOUAI BESHARA Syrian fighter pilot Ragheed Tatari was 26 when he was arrested. Now 70, the country's ...

Assad is said to be living a life of reclusion in Moscow, but rumors say he is also doing business, while his brother plots a ...

Grave consequences await the West if Trump follows through with normalizing relations with Jolani’s new regime. President Donald Trump has decided to lift American sanctions on Syria. The sanctions ...