Syrian President Bashar al-Assad

July 15, 2021

8 killed in renewed strikes on Syria’s last rebel enclave

BEIRUT (AP) — At least eight civilians were killed, including three children, when Syrian government rockets hit two villages in…

July 11, 2021

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad issued a decree Sunday giving hundreds of thousands of civil servants and…

June 1, 2021

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s health minister says he is “anything but happy” that Syria’s government — which has waged a…

May 28, 2021

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad was re-elected in a landslide, officials said Thursday, ushering in a fourth…

May 25, 2021

President Bashar al-Assad, once seen as a reformer but viewed by his many foes as a tyrant after a decade…

April 21, 2021

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A group of 46 nations called Tuesday on member states of the global chemical weapons…

April 20, 2021

BEIRUT (AP) — A woman from the capital Damascus has applied to run for Syria’s presidential elections, the parliament speaker…

April 20, 2021

MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military said Monday that its airstrike killed about 200 militants in eastern Syria. Rear Adm.…

April 12, 2021

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The global chemical weapons watchdog has “reasonable grounds to believe” that Syria’s air force dropped a chlorine…

March 30, 2021

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad and his wife have recovered from COVID-19 and returned to their regular duties…