The last month has marked a dramatic turn in the history of Syria, a nation racked by years of civil war that only ended in ...

Syrian opposition fighters have declared that the country has been “liberated” after they stormed the capital and announced that President Bashar al-Assad had fled the capital city to an unknown ...

The country’s government had “located remnants of former Syrian ‌president Bashar al-Assad's clandestine chemical weapons ...

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 return. As Syria celebrates one year since the fall of the Assad regime, ...

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Syrians are marking the first anniversary of the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad, as the fractured nation struggles to overcome sectarianism and rebuild its economy following 14 years of civil war. The ...

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) reported on Wednesday that it has discovered large quantities ...

Motivated to avenge their families in China, Uyghur mercenaries became valued fighting partners for Syria's rebels. Their participation helped Syria's new president ultimately win Syria's civil war.

Security forces in Syria have reportedly located and confiscated the remnants of the chemical weapons program of former ...

Sunni majority Syria was carved out of Ottoman Turkey in 1945, but since 1970, the Assad clan from an Alawite minority has ...

Thousands of Uyghurs became key fighters against Syria's Assad regime. For the first time, they agreed to be interviewed. NPR ...