DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Languishing in a dungeon cell of Syria’s then-ruler Bashar Assad, an unknown prisoner scrawled a verse of Arabic poetry on his cell wall — an expression of pain and love amid ...

The United Nations human rights chief has called for the lifting of Western sanctions imposed on Syria over its yearslong ...

The first class of Syrian police cadets since the ouster of President Bashar Assad graduated on Tuesday from the newly ...

NATO ally Turkey has emerged as the dominant state power in a new Syria, and is seeking to press its advantage by bombing and ...

Syria’s new government has strongly condemned Israel’s incursions into a U.N.-monitored buffer zone, urging the international community to pressure Israel into withdrawing ...

Syria's new central bank governor, Maysaa Sabreen, said she wants to boost the institution's independence over monetary ...

The rebel alliance that took power has vowed to prosecute senior figures from the ousted government, but accountability will ...

The fall of longtime strongman Bashar al-Assad has created a power vacuum that threatens some of the United States' ...

The leaders of two previously rival Kurdish groups met in northern Iraq on Thursday in an apparent step toward reconciliation ...

While the fall of the Assad dynasty represents an epochal turning point for Syrians, the future remains in all senses ...

The country’s new leaders are pushing to restore a sense of normalcy. But Syria remains under a host of international ...

The huge toppled statue of former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad in the Damascus countryside town of Deir Atiyam in Qalamoun ...