World & Nation
The Arab League has agreed to reinstate Syria, ending a 12-year suspension of the nation led by Bashar Assad.
May 7, 2023
Syrians in government-held areas of the war-torn country are voting in elections certain to give President Bashar Assad a fourth term.
May 26, 2021
The office of Syrian President Bashar Assad says he and his wife have tested positive for the coronavirus and are self-isolating at home.
March 8, 2021
Syrian President Bashar Assad has been sworn in for a fourth seven-year term in the war-torn country.
July 17, 2021
Syria’s Bashar Assad faces dissent from his rich cousin Rami Makhlouf
May 8, 2020
As Iran threatens to respond to the suspected Israeli assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, the regional militias that the Islamic Republic has armed for decades could play a role in any attack
Aug. 6, 2024
Television
“Inside Syria’s Deadly Dynasty,” a fascinating two-hour special that airs Sunday on the National Geographic network, documents the rise of Syrian President Bashar Assad from an unassuming London eye doctor to a brutal dictator who is feared in his own country and across the Middle East.
Dec. 1, 2018
An Israeli drone strike on a car near the Lebanon-Syria border killed a prominent Syrian businessman who was sanctioned by the United States.
July 15, 2024
The cease-fire in Syria could change the country if it finally leads the government to halt mass killing of its citizens, starvation sieges and the continuing destruction of the civilian infrastructure, observers say.
Sept. 16, 2016
Obituaries
Fadwa Suleiman, an outspoken Syrian actress who took center stage at anti-government protests in the early days of the uprising against President Bashar Assad, has died after battling cancer, Syrian opposition groups and friends of the actress said Thursday.
Aug. 17, 2017