Over the last week, the continuing, overlapping conflicts in and around Israel have come to resemble cooking a pot of rice — bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer. While the United States, Iran ...

Thousands of Syrian refugees are going back to their homeland but conditions there remain extremely challenging ...

After decades of dictatorship and 13 years of civil war, can Syria put itself back together? Our journalists traveled the ...

Syrian authorities have arrested a cousin of former President Bashar Assad, who is under U.S. sanctions for his alleged role ...

Syrian President Bashar Assad's ouster brings to a close nearly 25 years of his tight-grip rule during a brutal regime. ... killing children and civilians. Putin, Ukraine, ...

Maher al-Assad is wanted for war crimes and reportedly fled to Russia by way of Iraq as rebel forces took over Syria.

Six months after rebels toppled the Assad regime in a seismic moment for the Middle East, many Syrians are still searching for missing relatives, including an estimated 3,700 children.

A Family’s Decadelong Search for Children Stolen by Assad’s Regime. Documents reveal how Syria’s fallen government hid hundreds of abducted children during civil war. Share. Resize.

As his enemies closed in on Damascus, Bashar al-Assad, who ruled over Syria with an iron fist for 24 years, used a private jet to spirit away cash, valuables and confidential documents mapping the ...

In Aleppo, a statue of one of Mr. al-Assad’s brothers, Bassel al-Assad, on a horse was toppled. ... In Aleppo, children climb atop the horse that once carried Bassel al-Assad.

Assad's forces detained mothers and children and sent many of the youth to orphanages. Syrians whose children vanished during the war are now seeking information on their fate. NPR investigates.