Family friend, sources in Russia and Syria, and leaked data help give rare insight into life of dictator’s reclusive household ...

The US has rolled back a series of restrictive economic sanctions put in place during the rule of Bashar al-Assad. Syrians ...

Syrian President Bashar Assad fled to Russia over the weekend, ending a nearly 14-year struggle to maintain power in his country amid a civil war that turned into a battlefield for international and ...

Theater director and Syrian refugee Bashar* always dreamed of having creative control over his art and being able to express himself freely. Now, he puts on his own productions. "Culture has no ...

In August 2014, weeks after rigged elections returned Syrian President Bashar Assad a mandate to continue holding the office he had inherited from his father, Syrian border officials denied ...