BASHAR ASSAD

Iran-backed fighters from various countries are prepared to support Hezbollah in Lebanon against Israel if conflict escalates. Recent clashes along the Lebanon-Israel border have increased tensions. Hezbollah already has a large number of fighters b...

Syria and Israel have been at war since Israel's founding in 1948. Syria's President Bashar Assad has been backed by Iran in his country's yearslong war, and Israeli strikes previously have targeted Iranian positions and equipment. The strikes also ...

The recent escalation between Israel and Iran includes a suspected Israeli strike on the Iranian embassy in Damascus, followed by Iran's retaliatory attack on Israeli territory with drones and missiles. In response, Israel reportedly launched a stri...

The Axis includes not only Hamas, the Palestinian group that ignited the war by attacking Israel on Oct. 7, but also: the Hezbollah movement in Lebanon; the Houthi movement in Yemen; various Shi'ite armed groups in Iraq; and Syria.

Hezbollah later announced in separate statements that two of its fighters were "martyred on the road to Jerusalem", the phrase it uses to refer to members killed by Israeli fire. A source close to Hezbollah confirmed that both were killed this morni...

France has issued an international arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, accused of complicity in crimes against humanity over chemical attacks in 2013, a judicial source and plaintiffs in the case said Wednesday.Assad was also suspec...

Sources have said strikes on the airports are intended to disrupt Iranian supply lines to Syria, where Tehran's influence has grown since it began supporting President Bashar al-Assad in the civil war that started in 2011.

In an earlier statement, Syria's military said that drones laden with explosives targeted the ceremony packed with young officers and their families as it came to an end. They accused insurgents "backed by known international forces" of the attack, ...

China and Syria have announced plans to upgrade their relationship to a strategic partnership. This comes after a meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Hangzhou. China has expressed its willingness to w...

Syrian President Bashar Assad has arrived in China for his first visit since the start of the country's conflict. China has been a major supporter of Assad throughout the 12-year conflict and the visit is expected to deepen political and economic co...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the Arab League Summit in Saudi Arabia on Friday urging the participants to support Ukraine’s peace formula. Many of the leaders at the summit have remained largely neutral on Russia's invasion of hi...

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Saudi Arabia ahead of an Arab summit on Friday, where he was set to address leaders who have remained largely neutral on Russia's invasion of his country, including many who maintain warm ties with ...

However, crippling Western sanctions against Assad's government remain in place and could prevent oil-rich Arab countries from rushing to invest in Syria - or lead to a quick release of reconstruction funds in the war-battered country.

After more than ten years, the Arab League has readmitted Syria. However, the League’s Secretary-General, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, stressed that the move does not equal normalisation of relations and that sovereign countries can make their own decisions. ...

Russia has waged a military campaign in Syria since September 2015, teaming up with Iran to allow Assad's government to fight back armed opposition groups and reclaim control over most of the country. While Russia has concentrated the bulk of its mi...

Loud explosions were heard over the capital around 12:30 a.m. local time, and SANA reported that Syrian air defenses were "confronting hostile targets in the sky around Damascus."

Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told top generals that to renew the army they would have to take account of the experience of fighting in the Syrian civil war - where Russia intervened on the side of President Bashar al-Assad - and in Ukraine. "We ne...

It was the second time the Damascus International Airport was put out of service in less than a year. There was no comment from Israel. On June 10, Israeli airstrikes that struck Damascus International Airport caused significant damage to infrastruc...

In their statement, U.S. Central Command said the raids were conducted over the preceeding 48 hours, and identified one of the detained militants as "al-Zubaydi," a "Syria Province Senior Official" of the group who they say was involved in planning ...