Though Tehran scrambled to help the Assads face off the rebel assault, soldiers were turning on their own commanders ...

Another key Iranian proxy is Asaib Ahl al Haq (AAH), formed by the notorious militants ... Khazali still serves as the group’s secretary general, while Kaabi has gone to Syria to lead Harakat ...

The HTS, as reports say, established new units — Red Bands, Thermal Brigade and Falcon Brigade — for its latest assaults on the Syrian army. The Red Bands are officially called the Asaib al-Hamra and ...

One day after the announcement of Syria's new interim president, the former leader of the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham militia, Ahmad al-Sharaa, held his first presidential address to the nation. ...

Since Islamist rebels overthrew the Assad dictatorship in Syria, Egypt, with parallels in its own recent history, has watched warily. By Vivian Yee Reporting from Cairo Soon after Islamist rebels ...

In December 2024, a handful of rebel groups led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham ousted the brutal dictatorship that had ruled Syria for five decades and set up an interim administration. Now, foreign ...

The sudden collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria in December 2024 brought an end to over 50 years of brutal Assad family rule. It may also mark the end of an even longer status quo in ...

Syria’s former governing party, the Baath, is no more. The party had ruled the country for decades until it was overthrown, along with former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, on December 8 ...

By Christina Goldbaum Reporting from Damascus, Syria The newly appointed president of Syria, Ahmed al-Shara, pledged in a speech on Thursday to create an inclusive transitional government that ...

Syrian authorities have foiled an attempt by ISIL (ISIS) fighters to blow up a revered Shia shrine in a Damascus suburb, state news agency SANA has reported. Intelligence and security forces ...

Syria's interim president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, landed in Saudi Arabia on Sunday for his first international trip since his rebel militant group ousted former President Bashar al-Assad in December.

Languages: English. You can get in touch with Maya by emailing m.mehrara@newsweek.com. Syria has demanded reparations from Russia in order to "rebuild trust" after a meeting between Damascus' new ...