Bashar Assad

DAMASCUS, Syria—Syrian President Bashar Assad was sworn in Saturday for a fourth seven-year term in the war-torn country. The May elections were described by the West and Assad's opposition as ...

DAMASCUS, Syria—Syrian President Bashar Assad and his wife have tested positive for the coronavirus, the president's office said ...

PARIS—An uncle of Syrian President Bashar Assad was sentenced to four years in prison in France on Thursday ...

DAMASCUS, Syria—Syrian President Bashar Assad on June 11 fired his prime minister, a month ahead of elections, as ...

WASHINGTON—The increased willingness by authoritarian national leaders to ignore and, in some cases, flout fundamental human rights is ...

BEIRUT—A broad coalition of Syrian rebels denounced international negotiations for peace as "meaningless" on Sunday, as the U.N. ...

UNITED NATIONS—Syria's top diplomat told the world's nations Saturday that his country's belief in military victory is greater ...

KYIV, Ukraine—The story is depressingly familiar. On Friday, the cease-fire in Syria, which was brokered by U.S. Secretary ...

There is a certain irony in the Arab Gulf States' rising power across the Middle East and North ...

UNITED NATIONS—World leaders meeting at the United Nations starting Monday will be trying to make progress on two ...

BEIRUT—A day of intense airstrikes Saturday on and around the northern city of Aleppo killed at least 45 ...

GENEVA—The United States and Russia working in lockstep against the Islamic State (ISIS) and al-Qaida's affiliate in Syria. A ...

With rebels and government forces each promising to unite the divided city, Aleppo is once again a main ...

ISTANBUL—Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Saturday his country is willing to accept a role for Syrian President ...

Syrian government forces closed the only road leading into and out of rebel-held parts of the northern city ...

A judge on Friday ordered the seizure of more than $4.6 million from a bank safe deposit box ...

BEIRUT—The call came around noon, about four hours after U.S.-backed Syrian fighters announced they had taken over an ...

Suspected government airstrikes on a rebel-held part of Syria killed at least 25 people on Saturday, in what ...

Russia's defense minister visited Syria on Saturday to meet the country's leader and inspect the Russian air base ...

Syria's largest city, Aleppo, used to be the country's economic locomotive but four years of grinding battles have ...

President Bashar Assad vowed Tuesday his troops would "liberate" every inch of Syria, just like they recaptured the ...

The latest round of talks in Geneva has failed to curb a dramatic spiral of violence and the ...

The Syrian conflict has had outsized impact on global politics. Here are five ways the world has changed.

The Syrian president on Wednesday assured Russia's Vladimir Putin of Damascus' commitment to a Russia-U.S. proposed truce

Secretary of State John Kerry told lawmakers he won't vouch for the success of the newly struck cease-fire ...

Headlines have been declaring a ceasefire in Syria's conflict. What it isn't, is a ceasefire.

The Syrian government and the main umbrella for Syrian opposition and rebel groups announced Tuesday their conditional acceptance ...