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Syria’s 54-year dictatorship under Hafez al-Assad and his son Bashar, now exiled in Russia, was one of the world’s most despised regimes.

The new government’s plan for a swift constitution overhaul, potentially prioritizing Islam, is sparking unrest in a country ...

Residents of Idlib in north-west Syria still talk of the time when Bashar Al Assad's father, Hafez, visited the city soon ...

The downfall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria surprised even the opposition, led by Abu Mohammad al-Jolani's Hayat Tahrir ...

Syria’s new leaders have been criticised after they announced plans to remove poetry about women and love from schools under ...

Sharaa said no sects would be excluded in Syria in what he described as "a new era far removed from sectarianism." ...

Former President Bashar al-Assad brutally clamped down on peaceful ... Protestor Rita Mohamad says, she's not anti-religion. RITA MOHAMAD: (Non-English language spoken). AL-SHALCHI: "Being secular ...

The violence in Tartous province marks the deadliest challenge yet to the Islamist-led authorities which swept Bashar ...

Syria has a new interim government, but there is concern about how it will govern following contradictory remarks. Some groups, including women's rights advocates, are already testing the terrain.