Six months since the collapse of the Assad regime, the Russian military presence in Syria has remained entrenched in strategic locations such as the Hmeimim airbase and Tartous port on the coast, as ...

Less than two weeks after Ahmad al-Sharaa ousted Bashar al-Assad in Syria, a U.S. State Department delegation arrived in ...

A panel of experts investigating and documenting crimes committed by the old regime share their experiences of working in the ...

Human Rights First today released an extensive new report detailing both positive developments and serious human rights concerns in Syria following the fall of the Assad government in December 2024.

Human Rights First (HRF) travelled to northeastern Syria to meet with human rights defenders as the country goes through a massive transition following the December 2024 overthrow of the Assad ...

Queen Elizabeth’s private solicitor spent eight years helping to manage the offshore wealth of an alleged war criminal, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) and the Guardian can reveal.

Beirut: Hafez al-Assad did not settle for ruling Syria with an iron grip—he also sought to control Lebanon, and he got his way. Throughout the 1980s, there was frequent talk of a second power ...

Hafez al-Assad, when challenged by his brother Rifaat after a brief stay in hospital, in November 1983, eventually resolved the internal crisis – the most serious one in his regime's history ...

When Bashar al-Assad’s 2011 crackdown on pro-democracy protests sparked war, Qattan joined an armed group, eventually seeking exile in Turkey. He returned home after Assad’s ouster last month.

Rifaat al-Assad, 87, is accused by Swiss prosecutors of a long list of crimes, including ordering "murders, acts of torture, inhumane treatment and illegal detentions" while an officer in the ...

Rifaat al-Assad, 87, had flown out of Lebanon on Thursday using his real passport, and was not stopped, the Lebanese officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not ...