A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 ...

Despite concerns around the destruction of documents and other indications of serious crimes committed in Syria under Bashar ...

Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, has been named as Syria’s president for a transitional period.

The new authorities have also dissolved Assad-era institutions, including the military and Baath party, as they move toward ...

Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has been named president for the "transitional period", state media report, seven ...

Opposition fighters with al-Sharaa’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) led a lightning offensive that toppled President Bashar al-Assad last month ... last month by the UN organisation assisting ...

The UN's high commissioner for refugees called during a visit to Lebanon on Thursday for the "sustainable" return of Syrian refugees to their home country following the ouster of former president ...

Mass graves of at least 26 victims of the Bashar Assad government were found by the civil defence workers of Syria in two ...

Ahmad al-Sharaa, Syria's new strongman since December 8, has been appointed as the country's interim president. He has been ...

United Nations rights chief Volker Turk on Wednesday said transitional justice was "crucial" for Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, during the first-ever ... is crucial as Syria moves forward," ...

The shift is based on an assessment done by the UN in January, weeks after Assad was ousted by Islamist rebels, bringing an abrupt end to a 13-year civil war that had created one of the biggest refuge ...

leading to President Bashar al-Assad fleeing to Russia and ending more than half a century of oppressive rule by Bashar and his late father, Hafez. Pedersen said some Syrians have expressed ...