He became president in 2000 after the death of his father, Hafez al-Assad, a tyrant who had ruled Syria for 30 years. The family’s oldest son, Basil, was supposed to follow his father as ruler ...

Syria’s interim government is undertaking a sweeping reform of the country’s shattered economy, including plans to lay off a ...

The self-appointed transitional government in Syria is undertaking sweeping internal reforms, including privatizing state-run ...

More than 50,000 Syrian refugees have left Turkey to return home since Bashar al-Assad's ouster."Now he's gone, many are willing to return but the Syria they left is not the same place," he told AFP.

Syrian transitional President Ahmed al-Sharaa was discussing economic ties on a visit to Turkey on Tuesday, as Turkish ...

Economic shock therapy: plans include privatizations and slashing public sector jobs Reforms designed to avoid chaos of ...

There is now a major shift to a competitive free-market economy, Syria’s new economy minister said. Read more at straitstimes ...

Syria's new Islamist leaders are undertaking a radical overhaul of the country's broken economy, including plans to fire a third of all public sector workers and privatising state-run companies ...

Residents of Syria's Bayirbucak region seek justice, return of lands confiscated for palace construction since 1974 - Anadolu ...