By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -United Nations sanctions monitors have seen no "active ties" this year between ...

They were on opposite sides during Syria's civil war and now must do lifesaving work together. A makeshift brick wall divides ...

Dozens of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants began handing over weapons in a ceremony in a cave in northern Iraq on ...

Under the Assad regime, Saydnaya prison became a mass-killing machine; ‘a symbol of shame for the whole world.’ ...

The regime remains a grave threat to the region and the West, to say nothing of Iranians themselves, writes Roya Boroumand.

Since the church bombing, some Christians have been afraid to meet for church. A group of Kurdish Christians who are ...

Syrian activist Shadi Martini tells lobby new president called peace with Israel a 'unique opportunity'; Gulf journalist ...

Assad's 24-year rule ended abruptly as a coalition of rebel forces, led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), launched a rapid offensive that overwhelmed government defenses and captured Damascus within 12 ...

It has been seven months since Bashar al-Assad was ousted from power in Syria, thrusting the country into a new era after 54 ...

Assad’s regime was toppled, Charlie Smart, a reporter at The New York Times, traveled to a mass burial site in Syria to ...

Tomorrow’s action follows the announced dissolution of HTS and the Syrian government’s commitment to combat terrorism in all ...

News about Bashar al-Assad, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.