Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad were allegedly communicating before rebels took over the Syrian government in December.

Syrians returned on Wednesday to the national museum in Damascus, reopened for the first time since Islamist-led forces ...

Some refugees may return to Syria because they want to live there again. But many won’t—for the same reasons many refugees ...

Since former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s government fell to rebels last month, forcing him to flee to the safety of ...

An Assad official claims Putin betrayed his ally by promising support that never came.

A former media chief of the ousted Syrian president said Putin did not answer any of Assad's calls in the days leading up to ...

The dramatic collapse of the Assad government should clear the way for desperately needed reforms to the U.S. sanctions ...

Türkiye's permanent representative to the U.N. on Wednesday urged the removal of sanctions and delisting measures against ...

Palestinians, Sudanese and Syrians fleeing war have found a home in the country. But Cairo says newcomers are straining ...

Documents circulating on social media claiming Syria's former first lady Asma al-Assad was a spy for British intelligence ...

As Syria emerges from decades of dictatorship, people in the Assad family's ancestral home of Latakia province are both overjoyed and anxious. Assad and his family are Alawite, an offshoot of Shia ...

The Syrian shrine of Sayedah Zainab drew Iran-backed militiamen from throughout the region. With Assad's fall, they've fled, ...