Syria's ousted dictator Bashar Assad and his family were members of the secretive religious minority, and used the community's fears and desires to stay in power.

That hope was boosted Friday with the news that Roger D. Carstens, the special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, had arrived in the capital city of Damascus along with two other top U.S.

In the 12 years since Austin Tice was abducted in Syria, his family and his coworkers at McClatchy Media Company have grieved ...

The family drama surrounding fallen Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad took a new twist Thursday as his wife was reported to be ...

Assad’s father brutally crushed an uprising in Hama, creating a blueprint for repression. Decades later, Syrians can now ...

Assad, is reportedly battling leukemia, an aggressive cancer of the bone marrow and blood, and has a 50-50 chance of survival ...

Assad's regime, told Rudaw last week that he received a monthly salary of just $140. In his 150-square-meter Damascus ...

Syrians saw hope reborn. After more than 13 years of repression against its people, the regime of Bashar al-Assad fell, ...

Assad, the wife of deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, says his daughter is not seeking a divorce, contrary to reports ...

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov also rejected media reports suggesting Bashar al-Assad had been confined to Moscow and had ...

Asma al-Assad grew up in Acton, west London and, after attending a private girls' school, graduated from King's College ...

And so, during the war, the Mediterranean became a graveyard, and Syrians who had already lived through bombardment watched ...