For the first time in 16 years, I took the opportunity to go to Damascus, where I was born but have never lived. I was expecting an emotional reckoning of the weight of reconnecting with a heritage ...

A bearded man wearing sunglasses and a flak jacket sits on the ground beside a portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as a pro-Assad song plays on the radio. He lifts up the lid of a cooking pot ...

Assad's regime, Syrians also celebrate another coming milestone: the lifting of sanctions, which could help give the country ...

Fireworks lit the sky and music blared on Monday in the center of Syria’s capital, Damascus, as tens of thousands of people ...

In Damascus, people erupted in celebrations, while refugees abroad recalled difficult memories of persecution under the Assad ...

The 53-year-long rule of the al-Assad family ended on December 8, 2024, after a lightning 11-day offensive that took Syria and the world by surprise. The toppling of al-Assad also ended a long civil ...

Syrians went to the polls Sunday to elect a new parliament in the midst of a coronavirus outbreak and a deepening economic crisis, as President Bashar al-Assad attempts to strengthen his political ...