The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a Sunday morning statement that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad "decided to leave the presidential post and left the country, giving instructions to transfer ...

The Russian ... Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had left office and departed the country after giving orders there be a peaceful handover of power. In a statement, the ministry did not say ...

The United Nations human rights chief has called for the lifting of Western sanctions imposed on Syria over its yearslong ...

Rebel forces in Syria captured the capital Damascus and toppled the regime of President Bashar al-Assad in a lightning-quick advance across the country.

Syrian leader Bashar Assad issued what appeared to be his first public statement since he was ousted and fled with his family ...

Russian ships are preparing to transport military equipment from a base in Syria to Libya after the fall of Bashar Assad, per ...

Assad's statement on Monday appeared to contradict the announcement made by the Russian foreign ministry after the Kremlin had granted asylum to the former Syrian leader. The ministry said that Assad ...

Bashar al-Assad and his family have arrived in Moscow and been granted asylum "out of humanitarian considerations", Russian news agencies are quoting a Kremlin source as saying. Russian state TV also ...

PARIS – President Joe Biden announced Sunday that U.S. forces had conducted dozens of airstrikes targeting Islamic State camps and operatives in Syria ... power vacuum left by Assad.

Washington needs a plan to create conditions for future U.S. investment to stabilize Syria — and to make sure Russia doesn’t ...

Ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad says ... that he left Damascus on the morning of Dec. 8, hours after insurgents stormed the capital. He said he left in coordination with Russian allies ...