The 2011 arrest and torture of a group of Syrian boys in Daraa, where Najib was security chief, sparked protests and eventually ignited a nationwide uprising that was met with a brutal crackdown ...

The southern province of Daraa is widely seen as the cradle of the Syrian uprising in 2011. When anti-government protests were met with repression by Assad’s security forces, “we were forced ...

Syrian authorities on Tuesday detained Egyptian ... political prisoners and a return to the principles of the January 2011 revolution. A source close to Mansour previously told Middle East Eye ...

Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has been named president for the "transitional period", state media report, seven ...

DAMASCUS (AP) — A packed concert hall in Damascus came alive this week with cheers as Wasfi Maasarani, a renowned singer and symbol of the Syrian ... uprising-turned civil war starting in 2011.

DAMASCUS — Syrian authorities have arrested a former senior security officer and cousin of ousted leader Bashar al-Assad seen by some as responsible for sparking the country's 2011 uprising due ...

DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Syrian authorities have arrested a former senior security officer and cousin of ousted leader Bashar al-Assad seen by some as responsible for sparking the country's 2011 uprising ...