The brother and uncle of Syrian tyrants, he commanded a unit that killed up to 40,000 civilians in a 1982 uprising against ...

A former army officer who helped Hafez al-Assad seize power in a 1970 coup and establish his iron rule, Rifaat continued to ...

Peace may soon envelop Lebanon, but a relapse is not off the table. Although there are positive signs suggesting a possible ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A member of the Iraqi security forces stands by a destroyed vehicle that was carrying rockets amdist sacks of flour, in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Israeli army soldier holds a portrait of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad by a vehicle near the Druze village of Majdal ...

We documented how the dictator Bashar al-Assad and his henchmen conspired to hide evidence of torture and deaths of detainees during Syria’s long civil war. By Christina Goldbaum Reporting from ...

Mass grave site, located at old desert arms depot, is under guard by Syrian military forces Desert military installation, vacated during Assad cover-up, has been reactivated Investigation is probing ...

Lebanon said on Monday it plans to purchase natural gas from Egypt, seeking to reduce its reliance on fuel oil for its ageing power plants in a country hamstrung by regular electricity cuts. The ...

Dec 29 - Syria’s government has ordered soldiers to guard a mass grave created to conceal atrocities under Bashar al-Assad and has opened a criminal investigation, following a Reuters report that ...

The fatal confrontation came two days after a mosque bombing that killed at least eight people and wounded 18 others, according to local authorities and the AP. The bombing took place in a Homs ...

At least four people were killed, and dozens were injured in clashes Sunday between Alawites and protesters in western Syria, the Associated Press reported, days after a mosque bombing in Homs killed ...