In December, a band of rebel groups led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham shocked the world by ousting Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. HTS’s leader, Ahmed al-Shara, created a government to oversee the ...

STORY: Syria’s civil war is over, but the two largest armed camps in the country are still facing off across the Euphrates River. One side is under the control of the new Damascus government and the ...

Fleeing a civil war, Syria's refugees have nearly doubled in the past year. — -- The number of Syrians fleeing their war-torn homeland for neighboring countries has passed the 4 million mark, ...

After MPs voted by 397 to 223 in favour of air strikes on Syria, RAF Tornado jets have already carried out the first attacks on the war-torn territory. Speculation has suggested these could be key in ...

Syrian Transitional President Ahmed al Shara and his political allies are building a new Syrian army as part of their effort to unite Syria under their Damascus-based government. The establishment of ...

Close to 1.5 million Syrian refugees have voluntarily returned to their home country over the past year. That extraordinary figure represents nearly one-quarter of all Syrians who fled fighting during ...

Guests attend an information event on the status of refugees from Syria after the federal elections in the Town Hall in Norderstedt, northern Germany, on Feb. 26, 2025. — GREGOR FISCHER/AFP via Getty ...

Firefighter Naser Brjas and White Helmet member Kinan Ali respond to an emergency call in Damascus on March 31, 2025. Every morning for 28 years, Haitham Nasrallah has opened his locker and put on his ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Rebuilding Syria after over a decade of civil war is expected to cost about $216 billion, the World Bank said in an assessment published Tuesday. The cost is almost ten times ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Every morning for 28 years, Haitham Nasrallah has opened his locker and put on his firefighter's uniform. It's a job he loves, but a uniform he now hates. The uniform marks him as a ...