Former regime fighters tell the BBC they want to regain civilian status and had nothing to do with atrocities.

The year 2024 saw President Vladimir Putin further cement his power as he sought to counter Russia's isolation over the war ...

The new head of Syria's intelligence services announced on Saturday a plan to dissolve the institutions that were so feared under the rule of ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad.

Lebanese authorities have handed over dozens of Syrians — including former officers in the Syrian army under Assad — to the ...

Finding the remnants of the old dictatorship and bringing them to justice has emerged as a top priority for the new ...

Syria’s new administration is carrying out a security crackdown against what it has described as “remnants” of former ...

Hundreds of members of the Syrian insurgent group that overthrew former President Bashar Assad marched through the streets of ...

Assad's uncle, Rifaat al-Assad, left the country via Beirut airport around a week ago, after rebels overthrew his nephew.

Russia has almost certainly shot down another civilian plane. On Wednesday morning, Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 crashed ...

The wife and daughter of one of deposed Syrian president Bashar Assad’s cousins were arrested Friday at the Beirut airport, where they attempted to fly out with allegedly forged passports, Lebanese ...

Many senior Syrian officials and people close to the former ruling family fled the country to neighbouring Lebanon after Assad's regime was toppled.

From the largest war in Europe since World War II continuing in Ukraine to a series of escalations upending the Middle East, ...