Some Syrian factories have become secret drug labs that helped fund Bashar Al-Assad's regime. NBC News' Matt Bradley gives us a look inside.Dec. 15, 2024 ...

In post-Assad Syria, stand-up comedians are re-emerging to challenge taboos, mocking the former president and his regime and even testing the waters with Damascus's new rulers. Melki Mardini ...

Christian worshippers stage a sit-in inside the Mariamite Church in Damascus early on December 24, 2024 ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty A tumultuous year for Syria ended on a sour note with protests ...

Syria's new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, hosted high-level talks on Monday with Arab diplomats, including Jordan and Qatar, focusing on reconstruction and future cooperation. The meetings marked a ...

The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime has prompted a fresh power struggle in Syria. Îlham Ehmed, a foreign relations representative for the Kurdish-led autonomous region, spoke to Jacobin about ...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken discusses the state of the Middle East, and the latest in Syria.Dec. 19, 2024 ...

Idlib, in northwest Syria, has long been a stronghold for Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the rebel group that last week toppled the Assad regime.Many people living in Idlib had fled to the town governed by ...

US and European governments are refusing to lift sanctions on Syria, punishing its people for a situation that is out of their control even though the intended target of the sanctions, Bashar al-Assad ...

Warning: This article contains descriptions of torture. DAMASCUS, Syria – Photographs of tortured and broken bodies are taped to the outside walls of Al-Mujtahid Hospital in central Damascus.

HTS ruling over Syria will prove to be as devastating for the Syrian people as the Taliban retaking Afghanistan. The current de facto leader in Syria is Ahmed al-Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammed ...

The vault of Syria's central bank holds nearly 26 tons of gold, the same amount it had at the start of its bloody civil war in 2011, even after the chaotic fall of Bashar al-Assad's despotic ...

During Syria’s brutal 13-year civil war, the country was divided up in a multi-sided conflict between several armed factions whose ideologies, composition, and alliances were constantly shifting.