By announcing the reopening of its embassy in Damascus, Morocco has opened a new chapter in its relations with Syria. This ...

Russia’s relations with Israel are complicated. Although the Soviet Union initially supported the creation of the state of ...

More than a decade after being isolated by the Arab world for his brutal crackdown during Syria’s civil war, President Bashar ...

In a stunning shift in Middle Eastern politics, Syria, under the leadership of Bashar al-Assad, has rejoined the Arab League ...

The prosecution of Alaa Mousa relied on the legal concept of universal jurisdiction, under which normal rules on territorial ...

An American journalist who went missing in Syria more than a decade ago was executed on orders from then-President Bashar ...

Assad, the ousted former Syrian dictator, is reportedly living in luxury in one of Moscow’s most exclusive neighborhoods, welcomed by Russia. Since fleeing Damascus, Assad has settled in Moscow with ...

Assad, many Syrians fear they have merely exchanged one autocrat for another. Confronted with a battered economy and sectarian opposition to his rule, President Ahmed al-Sharaa governs a fractured ...

The ouster of Bashar al-Assad in Syria raised hopes that missing American Austin Tice would emerge from captivity, but it ...

A German court has handed down a life sentence to a Syrian doctor convicted of committing acts of torture as part of  Bashar ...

Welcomed by Russia, Bashar al Assad, the ousted former dictator of Syria, is reportedly still living in luxury in one of ...

A German court on Monday sentenced a Syrian doctor to life in prison for crimes against humanity for torturing detainees at ...