Syria

DAMASCUS - Islamist-led rebels declared that they had taken Damascus in a lightning offensive on Sunday, sending President Bashar al-Assad fleeing and ...

Iranian forces who'd been defending Syrian President Bashar Assad have "pretty much" evacuated from Syria, U.S. officials told CBS News.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has reportedly left Syria after rebel forces completed a stunning advance on the capital.

Syrian rebels appear to have entered the capital Damascus after facing scant resistance from regime forces, as President Bashar al-Assad's decades-long grip ...

Syria's armed opposition groups say they have captured the capital and President Bashar al-Assad has fled the country.

Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed al-Jalali said on Sunday he was ready to "cooperate" with any leadership chosen by the people and for any handover process, ...

There is a "sense of fear" about the days to come as rebels sweep towards the capital in the face of limited opposition.

A damaged poster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo. Mahmoud Hassano/Reuters. CNN —. In every crisis ...

Syrian insurgents reached Damascus as part of a rapidly moving offensive that saw them take over some of Syria's largest cities.

The fall of Bashar al-Assad was unthinkable just a week ago, when rebels started their astonishing campaign from their base in Idlib, in Syria's north-west.

Opposition forces declare Syria free of al-Assad rule as the president reportedly flees the country.

Initially seen as a potential reformer, Bashar al-Assad ruled Syria by imposing a brutal regime that imprisoned tens of thousands of dissidents and killed ...

After more than a year of relentless conflict in the Middle East, the stunning capitulation of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime will go down in the ...

Opposition fighters' lightning advance into the capital marks a historic turning point for the country.

Thousands of Syrians, in cars and on foot, have congregated at a main square in Damascus, chanting for freedom, according to the Reuters news agency.

Was the astonishing implosion of Bashar Assad's regime exclusively the result of its rottenness or did elements inside his government coordinate with rebels?

Hagar Chemali, former National Security Council director for Lebanon and Syria, says she is shocked at how easily Syrian rebels have been able to advance ...

The defense forces of the Russia and Iran-backed Assad government have been struggling to stave off the lightning advance of rebel forces.

The statement from Assad's ally is the first on his whereabouts since rebels took control of Damascus.

Responding to the ousting of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad following the seizure of power by opposition forces in the capital city of Damascus, ...

With Assad's whereabouts unknown, Syrian prime minister says the government is ready to “extend its hand” to the opposition and turn its functions over to a ...

'No one party or sect should feel unsafe,' says Qatari foreign ministry, as states meet to assess collapse of Assad regime.

As Moscow's top diplomat reeled in Doha, his Turkish counterpart appeared to know he had the upper hand.

Russian foreign minister says Moscow will do 'everything not to allow terrorists to prevail', as Syrian rebels advance.

On this historic day for Syria and the Syrian people, France welcomes the fall of Bachar al-Assad and his regime on 8 December 2024, after more (…)

Rebel fighters have captured the Syrian capital of Damascus, effectively toppling the Assad regime that has been in power in the country since 1971.

Syrians poured out into the streets across Syria and around the world, jubilant at the end of Bashar al-Assad's rule. Al Jazeera spoke to six people who ...

EPA Crowds of people waving flags in Damascus after the fall of the Assad regime in EPA. "They arrived here worried about the Islamists," is how one source ...

An Israeli soldier walks past tanks deployed near the Israel-Syria border in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on December 8, 2024. Jalaa Marey/AFP/Getty ...

The former dictator's whereabouts are still unknown following the lightning advance of opposition forces on the capital.

Israeli forces also bomb weapons depots in southern Syria and the capital Damascus, Israeli media reports.

Toppled president came to power keen to show he was different to his father but proved to be as repressive.

Syrian rebels have swept into the capital, Damascus, bringing an end to the long rule of President Bashar al-Assad. Video footage shows the rebels escorting ...

With the fall of Damascus, Iran can longer deny that its political and military 'axis of resistance' has collapsed.

On January 21, 1994, Basil al-Assad was killed in what the Syrian government described as a car accident. According to official dispatches, he had been driving ...

The Syrian government collapsed early Sunday, falling to a lightning rebel offensive that seized control of the capital of Damascus and sent crowds into the ...

President Bashar Assad and other officials left Syria, their whereabouts unknown, after negotiations with rebel groups, Russia's Foreign Ministry claimed ...

Amman/Beirut — Syrian rebels declared President Bashar al-Assad's ouster after seizing control of Damascus on Sunday, ending his family's iron-fisted rule ...

PM Netanyahu said the 1974 disengagement agreement had "collapsed" with the rebel takeover of Syria.

Celebrations erupted around Syria and crowds ransacked President Bashar al-Assad's luxurious home on Sunday after Islamist-led rebels swept into Damascus ...

Corruption and incompetence in the army and successful outreach by the rebels left the troops with little to fight for.

As reports continued to emerge from the Syrian capital, Damascus, where opposition forces declared victory overnight on State television, the UN chief said in a ...

President Bashar al Assad left office on Sunday after his government fell following a lightening offensive. As he fled, Syrians celebrated in the streets ...

The red, white, green and black Free Syrian Army flag flew over Damascus on Sunday as thousands of residents lined the main square in bursts of defiant ...

Russia has granted the al-Assad family asylum on 'humanitarian grounds', Russian news agencies report.

Syria's former President Bashar al-Assad is in Moscow with his family after Russia granted them asylum on humanitarian grounds, a Kremlin source told ...

The private residence of deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad was ransacked after rebels took over the capital, forcing him to flee the country.

Israeli ground forces have overtly crossed into Syrian territory for the first time since the 1973 October War, passing the demilitarized border zone, ...

Coverage of the extraordinary events in Syria have filled the front pages in the UK, US and Australia.

PM Benjamin Netanyahu says “hostile forces” will not be tolerated near border, but offers “hand of peace” to Syrians who want peace with Israel.

Most of Monday's papers lead on the rebels toppling the Assad regime, as Syrians celebrate its fall.

Over the past ten days, a range of Syrian rebel forces led by the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) have mounted an offensive against the Syrian regime of Bashar ...

World leaders are hoping that stability can be preserved in Syria after former president Bashar al-Assad's regime was overthrown by rebels.

Syrians awakened to a hopeful if uncertain future, after rebels seized the capital Damascus and President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia.

There will be perilous days to come and the future is uncertain, but around the world we Syrians are celebrating, says author and researcher Ammar Azzouz.

Israel has said it has carried out airstrikes on “strategic weapons systems” inside Syria and that ground troop operations on Syrian territory were a “limited, ...

The United States has long been the leading provider of humanitarian assistance to the Syrian people, providing food, medical supplies and shelter for ...

Exclusive: The Guardian gains access to Sednaya jail, where prisoners are rumoured to be trapped underground – as desperate relatives wait for news.

The EU issued a statement on the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, expressing its support for the Syrian people and urging all actors to avoid any further ...

The Democratic Alliance (DA) notes with concern the ongoing developments in Syria which have once again highlighted the exploitation of innocent Syrians by ...

At Sednaya prison near Damascus - a facility dubbed the "human slaughterhouse" by Amnesty International - women screamed with their children as their cells were ...

The IDF also released photos of its personnel who crossed from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights into the buffer zone where UN peacekeepers are based.

After decades of brutal rule, Bashar al-Assad's regime has been toppled. Here's what you need to know · (File photo) yrian President Bashar Assad is seen during ...

The rebels Hayat Tahrir al-Sham free prisoners of the former president, Bashar al-Assad, who fled to Russia.

GENEVA – Today marks a historic new beginning for the Syrian people who have suffered unspeakable violence and atrocities over the past 14 years.

The UK government could remove Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham from the list of banned terrorist groups after the rebels led the overthrow of ...

The Assad regime ran a network of torture centers that swallowed up tens of thousands of Syrians. Now that the rebels have opened the gates, ...

Thousands of Syrians are searching for family members in regime jails following the collapse of the government.

As many in Syria celebrated the end of the long rule of Bashar al-Assad, rumors swirled about his whereabouts. After a day of intrigue, the mystery was ...

Lots could still go wrong but the demise of one of the world's most cruel dictators is welcome.

Syria's brutal civil war rekindled suddenly after 13 years, with rebel forces staging a shock offensive that forced long-time dictator Bashar al-Assad to ...

Bashar al-Assad's apparatus ran more than 100 detention facilities where it tortured indiscriminately. DAMASCUS, SYRIA - DECEMBER 9: Teams continue to ...

Strikes were heard in Damascus early Monday, according to a CNN team in the Syrian capital, after President Bashar al-Assad and his family fled to Russia in ...

Incursion met with condemnation from Jordan amid concern aim is to permanently occupy or annex the area.

The swift downfall of Bashar al-Assad is reverberating in Syria and throughout the Middle East. Some changes are already apparent. Syrians who fled the ...

Arab statements come as Israel continues to step up strikes across Syria after ouster of Bashar al-Assad's government.

Belgium, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, the U.K. said they will halt Syrian asylum applications one day after rebel forces ousted the country's ...

The worst scenario for Syrians is that their country will spin into violent chaos, writes the BBC's Jeremy Bowen.

Less than took weeks ago, a rebel offensive led by al-Qaida offshoot Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rekindled Syria's long-frozen civil war, rapidly leading to ...

While Syrian refugees in Lebanon return home, many Lebanese remain on edge. Years of conflict have left the Syria-Lebanon borderlands scarred, ...