Cyclist Bassel Soufi visits the summer resort of ousted Bashar al-Assad as he tours a part of his daily training in Burj ...

In the Middle East, the Trump-friendly leaders of Israel and Turkey are pressing for advantage as Iran, a perennial target of ...

Despite the rhetoric about a global war against Islamist terrorism, the US has long utilised reactionary Islamist groups in ...

President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan could benefit most from the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria. Not only ...

At first sight, therefore, 2024 has amplified a growing sense that the multilateral order which emerged from the second world ...

Syrian and Russian forces battled to bring Syria's second city of Aleppo under Assad's full control for years, unleashing widespread devastation.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei anticipates a renewed resistance struggle by Syrians against the country's new ...

BRITS are feared to have been tortured in Assad’s sick prisons after a Tesco Clubcard and an Oyster travel card were found.

Syrians who remained loyal to him through years of civil war fume that he left without a word. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez, ruled Syria for more than half a century but how did one family achieve and maintain ...

The veteran war photographer on his tough upbringing, the nightmares he suffers from his work and how he’s keen to return to ...

The downfall of the Assad regime has profound implications for the Middle East, particularly for Russia and Iran, whose ...