With the downfall of the old Syrian regime, countries like Germany which welcomed Syrian refugees are now talking about ...

A key dam in northern Syria has become a flash point in the conflict between Kurdish forces and Turkish-backed armed groups.

Damascus — In a remote corner outside Damascus, Syria, a now abandoned potato chip factory reveals one of the many dark but open secrets of the ousted regime of Bashar al-Assad. A CBS News team ...

However, the rise of the Assad family, who are themselves Alawites, transformed the fortunes of Alawites. Under Hafez Assad – father of the ousted President Bashar Assad – who ruled Syria ...

AL-HAKEEM, Syria — The woman was clutching her infant, still in the dressing gown and pajamas she had been wearing a day earlier when fighters overran this village in Syria’s Latakia province ...

The vault of Syria's central bank holds nearly 26 tons of gold, the same amount it had at the start of its bloody civil war in 2011, even after the chaotic fall of Bashar al-Assad's despotic ...

Syria’s future hinges on whether the international community can rise to the challenge. A fragmented or failed Syria would pose significant risks to the region and beyond. To prevent this ...

The U.S. Embassy in Syria is urging Americans inside the war-torn country to flee immediately or prepare to "shelter in place for extended periods." The warning comes as the "security situation in ...

Ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad says he had no plans to leave the country after the fall of Damascus a week ago but the Russian military evacuated him after their base in western Syria ...

The leader of Syria' Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group Ahmed al-Sharaa address a crowd at the capital's landmark Umayyad Mosque on December 8, 2024 [Aref Tammawi/AFP] In these first days of what is ...

The north of Syria is the homeland of Syria's Kurds, the country's largest ethnic minority, who are also the US's closest ally in the country. For them, the struggle for a new order is entering a ...

Two highly-rated Xbox Game Pass games, Forza Horizon 4 and Rise of the Tomb Raider, leave the service on December 15. Both games are available at heavy discounts for purchase before removal.