Shortly before Sunni Islamist-led rebels swept into the Syrian capital, Iran-backed guards fled their positions at the gates ...

Life in the Syrian capital is slowly returning to normal after the overthrow of former president Bashar Al-Assad and ...

The president-elect claimed Russia is in a "weakened state" due to the Ukraine conflict and urged Putin to negotiate.

BBC reporters in Syria's capital city describe a sense of euphoria as people return to work three days after the fall of the ...

Despite reports that government forces were preparing to defend the capital, the Syrian army was nowhere to be found. One ...

Rapturous celebrations in the streets of the capital were tempered by trepidation over whether the city’s new rebel ...

Reporters for The New York Times entered Syria on Monday, finding remnants of former President Bashar al-Assad’s oppressive ...

A coalition of Syrian rebels say they have toppled the government of President Bashar al-Assad and captured the Syrian ...

Tens of thousands of people held in Syria's notorious prisons have been freed in the 10 days since the insurgents began their ...

We declare the city of Damascus free from the tyrant Bashar al-Assad,” a rebel leader said on WhatsApp. “To the displaced ...

Russia media say ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad has fled to Moscow and received asylum from his longtime ally ...

For many Damascenes, the dominant feelings are a mix of joy and trepidation. “We’re happy, of course, but we’re afraid of ...