VLADIMIR Putin has thrown a ring of steel around exiled dictator pal Bashar al-Assad as the tyrant marks his first ...

Ousted Syrian leader's former spy chief and billionaire cousin scheme to destabilise Syria with armed violence.

From exile in Moscow, ex-intel chief Kamal Hassan and Assad cousin Rami Makhlouf are spending millions in competing efforts to build fighting forces to lead a revolt along Syria’s coast. The ...

Ironically, however, the U.S., Israel, Europeans, the UAE and some other Arab states also want to save Assad, and so the only ...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said his government’s coalition with Russia, Iran and Iraq must succeed in Syria’s civil war, suggesting the alternative to its survival is a region in chaos.

On the anniversary of the fall of Syria's dictator, the country is at a crucial juncture. The Assad family ruled Syria for over 50 years, with Hafez Assad in power from 1971 and then, after his death, ...

On December 5, 2024, rebels led by Syria’s now-President Ahmed al-Sharaa took control of Hama, marking their second ...

Exiled members of Bashar Assad’s former inner circle are quietly rebuilding networks, funding fighters, and positioning ...

Supporters of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who fled to Russia after his fall, are pouring millions of dollars into potential fighters, hoping to foment an uprising against the new ...

A Syrian military officer who had coordinated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards told AFP on Sunday that “Tehran abandoned ...

Two former loyalists to Bashar al-Assad who fled Syria after his fall are funneling millions of dollars to tens of thousands ...