Stamping on someone’s image is considered deeply insulting in the Arab world. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

An aerial view of the site where thousands of people believed to be killed and buried by the ousted regime of Bashar al-Assad, considered one of the largest mass grave site to be discovered in Al ...

A special report by Reuters reveals that Iran’s long-term strategy to transform Syria into a regional client state has been disrupted by the downfall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the ...

Syria's small Druze community largely kept out of the country's long civil war but since president Bashar al-Assad's ouster in December it has found itself confronting the new Islamist-led government ...

The unrest comes as the Syrian government, in power since the fall of former President Bashar al-Assad in December, tries to assert its control over the whole country. Observers agree that the ...

The Alawite sect of Shiite Islam thrived under the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, though it accounts for only 10% of the ...

The violence poses a serious challenge to the Islamist authorities who ousted longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in December. It comes after a wave of massacres in March in Syria's Alawite heartland on ...

The rebels who ousted Mr. al-Assad were led by a Sunni Islamist group once linked to Al Qaeda. They now run the government and the national military. Since Mr. al-Assad was ousted, Israel has ...

Her family is part of Syria's minority Alawite community, an offshoot of the Shi'ite faith and the sect of former strongman Bashar al-Assad. Their story is not unique. Since Syria's President ...

and agricultural leases - projects they hoped would not only repay Iran’s military and financial support for Bashar al-Assad, but embed Iran deep into Syria’s post-war recovery. One line from ...

Soldiers make a second home in IraqBy Sgt. Brianna BadderAL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq - Soldiers of 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, ...

Mohammad Al Asad, assistant superintendent of police at Police Headquarters (PHQ), said political pressure often compels officers to act in favour of parties, citing examples under the previous ...