Syrians who remained loyal to him through years of civil war fume that he left without a word. Read more at straitstimes.com.

After dusk, the president slipped out of the capital, flying covertly to a Russian military base in northern Syria and then ...

Damascus residents on Tuesday (December 31) were preparing to welcome the New Year for the first time since the ousting of ...

For years, Syria was a fabled destination for cultural holidays. Now operators believe Britons could return as soon as next ...

The Middle Eastern country had been ruled by outside powers and dictators for centuries before its revolution was realized.

In the early hours of Sunday morning, Syrian opposition fighters announced that they had captured the capital, Damascus ... al-Assad came to an end. The maps below provide a day-by-day overview ...

As an ancient identity left stateless, Assyrians stand as the most concrete example of this reality. From Mesopotamia to the ...

Bashar al-Assad, the butcher of Damascus, fled to Moscow and was granted ... before proclaiming victory in a speech at the city’s ancient mosque. World leaders welcomed the fall of Assad but ...

On rare breaks from work, my wife and I relied on hand-drawn maps to get around the country. They were the handiwork of a former Australian ambassador and adventurer. His ink guided us to ancient ...

In the Gospel of St Matthew, and in this gospel alone, we hear the story of wise men from the East who are led by a guiding ...

Insurgents' stunning march across Syria accelerated Saturday with news that they had reached the gates of the capital and that government forces had abandoned the central city of Homs. The ...

Syria opposition forces have declared that the 24-year rule of President Bashar al-Assad has come to an end, hours after fighters entered the capital, Damascus, following a lightning advance ...