For more than two years, a junior officer in the Syrian military, his sister and a friend risked their lives to collect evidence of the atrocities being committed by the regime. Their work changed the ...

Under Mr Assad Syria sank from middle-income status to abject poverty. Women saw branches off trees for heating. Children ...

Assad’s downfall would be a chance to come together and heal the wounds of the victims’ families. It was not to be. The ...

Armed men loyal to the Syrian government carried out field executions and spoke of purifying the country, according to ...

Many of the bases of the elite Fourth Division formerly run by toppled president Bashar al-Assad's feared younger brother ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's interim government on Monday announced the end of a days-long military operation against ...

Two days of fighting along the Mediterranean coast were among the bloodiest battles since rebels ousted the dictator Bashar ...

Once hailed as a Western-friendly reformer, Bashar al-Assad transformed into one of the world’s most brutal autocrats. From ...

The reported fighting in the capital, Damascus, and the second city of Aleppo were the first such clashes there since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime.

Akram has been watching helplessly as his neighbours' homes burn from a hilltop where he took refuge after pro-government gunmen raided villages in the coastal area, the heartland of the Alawite ...