Reports that Syria's interim president is threatening action over thousands of Syrians still held in Lebanese prisons have ...

US Ambassador to Türkiye Tom Barrack, President Donald Trump’s special envoy to Syria, is prioritizing the demarcation of the ...

Over two million Syrians who had fled their homes during their country’s war have returned since Bashar al-Assad’s overthrow in December, UN refugee agency chief Filippo Grandi said Thursday ...

U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said Thursday that the international community and financial institutions must support efforts to secure the safe return of Syrian refugees to ...

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

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

Once seen as a modernizer, Bashar al-Assad’s leadership quickly descended into authoritarianism, marked by mass repression and a devastating civil war. This video traces his ascent to power ...

A new documentary from Frontline explores the quest for stability in Syria in the months since opposition forces caused former President Bashar al-Assad’s government to fall. Ahmed al-Sharaa was the ...