The toppling of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was cheered by U.S. President ... From 1979 to 1989, the United States (along with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan) armed and financed the Afghan Islamist ...

Thousands of Sunni Muslim foreigners, from countries including China, Albania, Russia and Pakistan, joined Syria's rebels early in the civil war to fight against the rule of Bashar al-Assad and the ...

The Security Council cannot allow illegal military actions to set dangerous precedents,” Pakistani envoy says.

DAMASCUS: In a pivotal step for Syria’s transition away from decades of Assad family rule, interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa announced on Saturday the formation of a new transitional government.

Islamic State has shown renewed vigour in Syria, attracting fighters and increasing attacks, according to the United Nations ...

establishing official diplomatic ties with the new leadership in Damascus as it faces deep humanitarian and security problems in rebuilding the country following the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

Images of Bashar al-Assad and his family were emblematic of the dynasty’s grip on Syria. Though remnants linger after the ...

Two US Congress members landed in Damascus on Friday to meet Syrian officials, the first visit by American law ...

When I was a child, I remember, my father scolded my brother for telling his friends that Hafez al-Assad had imprisoned my uncles. When his son Bashar al-Assad took over his vast empire of ...