Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rebel forces in Syria captured the capital Damascus and toppled the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick advance ...

Asma al-Assad with her husband Bashar, who was deposed as the leader of Syria earlier this month - Dominique Faget/AFP via Getty Bashar al-Assad’s British-born wife must not be allowed to live a “life ...

According to Robert Wood, the US ambassador to the United Nations, Washington is keeping an eye on how opposition forces who deposed Bashar al-Assad would conduct on the ground after attempting to ...

A long-time ally of the Assad regime, Russia began providing direct military support to Assad in 2015, including airstrikes and ground troops. Russia's goal was to maintain its influence in the Middle ...

• Syrians are cheering the fall of longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad, as a rebel-linked caretaker prime minister was appointed to oversee the transition of power. Some families are desperately ...

As Russian President Vladimir Putin considers whether to order yet another invasion of Ukraine, his partner in Syria, Bashar Assad, continues to consolidate his authority. In fact, Assad is doing much ...