Bashar al-Assad was not originally poised to be his ... However, he maintained Syria’s ties with Hamas and Hezbollah militant groups, which led to an extension of the style of leadership that ...

The regime’s collapse should also dispel at last the persistent myth that the Arab Spring was a mirage. The first wave of ...

Hamas says it will return the bodies of four dead Israeli hostages on Thursday in exchange for Israel’s release of hundreds ...

A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 uprising has been detained inside Syria, according to state news agency SANA.

The rebels proclaimed Syria “free” after storming into Damascus and seizing the city as dictator Bashar al-Assad fled the country ... against Iranian proxies Hamas and Hezbollah that began ...

Donald Trump’s pick to oversee 18 intelligence agencies with a $100 billion spy budget is facing renewed scrutiny over an unannounced trip to Syria in 2017 where she met with the now-deposed ...

Syria's former President Bashar Al-Assad fled to Moscow when rebel forces captured Damascus after a stunning sweep across the country. NBC News’ Hala Gorani spoke with Assad’s former ...

Nearly three months after President Bashar al-Assad fled Syria in the face of a rebel advance, much of the country is still suspended between relief at the dictatorship’s demise and anxiety over ...

Director of national intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard shed further light on her 2017 meeting with then-Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, a trip that has come under the microscope since President ...