Her family were civilians and not pro-Assad, she said. The Assad family, members of the minority Alawite sect, ruled Syria for over half a century until Bashar was ousted in December by Sunni ...

The United States the new European Union sanctions against Assad’s family as a “very good step” amid international efforts to end his crackdown. “We are gratified that the EU has taken yet ...

The Kremlin has denied reports that claim Asma al-Assad is seeking a return to London following her husband's exile in Moscow. Two African states are frustrating Moscow's efforts to establish a ...

Some restaurants and coffee shops in Syria were closed during the day Saturday while others opened as usual as observant Muslims began fasting during the holy month of Ramadan, the first since the ...

“I’m afraid. I’m afraid for my family.” Reconciliation centers, like this one at Latakia, are so former conscripts of the Assad regime can sever any previous ties they had. Latakia's Alawite minority ...

the first since the fall of Assad family rule in the war-torn country. Syria’s interim Ministry of Religious Endowments reportedly called for all restaurants, coffee shops and street food stands ...

Insurgents led by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group, or HTS, overthrew President Bashar Assad’s secular government in early December ending the 54-year Assad family dynasty. Since then ...

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The crowds waved Syrian flags and chanted in celebration of the rebel victory that ended the Assad family's five-decade rule in rallies in the capital, Damascus, the country’s largest city of ...