The Syrian Presidency has announced a public holiday for Sunday 7 and Monday 8 December, to mark Liberation Day, commemorating the first anniversary of the fall of the regime of Bashar al-Assad.

The total number of dead detainees confirmed by a team of reporters from ICIJ. They conducted a data analysis of the photographs and confirmed the yearly totals. The data recorded at least 20 ...

THE Crackle of explosions echoes across the Damascus sky. A year ago such blasts were the soundtrack to rebel forces bearing down on the capital. Today they come from celebratory fireworks. Syrians ...

When Ahmed al-Sharaa, better known by his nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Julani, walked into the Oval Office this past November, the symbolism was impossible to miss. It marked the first time since ...

Thaer al-Najjar sat in a cramped basement office in a Damascus hotel, his hands trembling as he glanced down at a single piece of paper. Only the whirring of a ceiling fan filled the silence.

Hidden within a drab Damascus shopping center, at the end of an unlit fourth-floor hallway, is the unmarked office of Shorouk for Protection, Guarding and Security Services. A sign informs visitors ...

The European Union's asylum agency says it is updating its guidance for applications by Syrian nationals one year after the fall of Bashar Assad BARCELONA, Spain -- The European Union on Wednesday ...

CHICAGO -- One of the priorities for the Cubs this winter is to target and acquire some help for a rotation that was thinned by injury setbacks by the time the playoffs arrived last season. The North ...

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More than 100,000 people disappeared during the civil war. To bring closure to some of their families, the new government faces the challenging task of exhuming remains from scores of burial sites.

Damascus, Syria - The last time Ziad and Ghina Sabagh saw their son Mohammed alive, he was going out to buy petrol twelve years ago. Then he vanished without a trace. “His phone disconnected. We ...