Under Mr Assad Syria sank from middle-income status to abject poverty. Women saw branches off trees for heating. Children ...

Bashar al-Assad has left behind a shattered nation ... His life took a dramatic turn in 1994 when his elder brother, Bassel, the family’s chosen heir, died in a car accident.

As Syria’s Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa struggles to ensure stability in the country, militant groups supporting ousted ...

From a Bond villain lair in the rugged heights overlooking Damascus, the all-seeing eye of a notorious Syrian military unit ...

Sharaa blamed pro-Assad groups backed by foreigners for triggering the bloodshed but acknowledged that revenge killings had ...

A member of the security forces of Syria’s new authorities looks at an entrance to a tunnel of ousted president Bashar ...

Inside the a room of ousted president Bashar al-Assad's feared younger brother Maher's private office. From a Bond villain lair in the rugged heights overlooking Damascus, the all-seeing eye of a ...

An AFP investigation reveals how the Assad clan pillaged war-ravaged Syria through an elite force run by former president Bashar al-Assad's feared brother Maher, taking a cut of almost every pie ...

For more than two years, a junior officer in the Syrian military, his sister and a friend risked their lives to collect evidence of the atrocities being committed by the regime. Their work changed the ...

Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad's regime was overthrown. His brother, Maher al-Assad was head of the elite Fourth Division. The group amassed massive wealth by pillaging the country. From a Bond villain ...

The clashes raise concerns about Syria’s stability and interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa’s ability to reunify the country after 13 years of civil war.