For Syrians observing Ramadan, this Muslim holy month is their first in their homeland since the end of the Assad family's ...

The Assad family, members of the minority Alawite sect, ruled Syria for over half a century until Assad was ousted late last year by Sunni Islamist militants who sought to reshape the country’s ...

Clashes between Syrian forces and Assad loyalists in the dictator's former heartlands show the risks ahead, writes Middle East correspondent Hugh Bachega.

the small Islamic sect to which the Assad family belongs. In one video, an armed man can be seen pummeling and taunting another man, before setting him free only to shoot him as he runs away ...

Syria’s new leadership faces allegations of mass killings, as Alawite communities endure field executions and mass ...

Insurgents led by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group, or HTS, overthrew President Bashar Assad’s secular government in early December ending the 54-year Assad family dynasty. Since then ...

Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (Noa) using AI narration. Listen to more stories on the Noa app. At the end of January, Ahmed al-Sharaa stepped up to a podium in the presidential palace ...

The violence that has killed hundreds across Syria reached Damascus and Aleppo on Monday, after Ahmed al-Sharaa vowed to bring those responsible to justice.

Thousands of Syrians have poured into the streets and public squares to mark 14 years since the country’s civil war began, ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Some restaurants and coffee shops in Syria were closed during the day Saturday while others opened as usual as observant Muslims began fasting during the holy month of Ramadan ...