One of the darkest moments in the modern history of the Arab world happened more than four decades ago, when then-Syrian President Hafez Assad launched what came to be known as the Hama Massacre ...
As hundreds emerged from a prison near Damascus dubbed the “human slaughterhouse,” Rim Turkmani waited anxiously, hoping her ...
Syria’s iron-fisted leader Bashar al-Assad is the second generation of an autocratic family dynasty that held power for more than five decades and his disappearance amid a lightning rebel advance ...
The collapse of Assad’s regime and the release of thousands of prisoners in the country are stoking new urgency around ...
The main rebel group behind Assad’s ouster is Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, whose name means Organization for the Liberation of the ...
Ruper Murdoch has failed in his legal bid to change how his family trust is distributed among his children. There have been jubilant celebrations in the streets of Damascus, and around the world, ...