Syria

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 said Sunday that President Bashar al-Assad had fled the country, calling on citizens abroad to return to a "free Syria" and saying that ...

Syria's rebel alliance is edging closer to the capital Damascus, after anti-regime forces swept across the country in a lightning offensive.

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

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

Rebel offensive sprinted across government-held territory and entered capital in 10 days.

Syrian dictator said jetted off to unknown locale, as thousands celebrate in streets * In 1st since 1974, IDF sets up positions in buffer zone with Syria to ...

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.

The Syrian government appeared to have fallen early Sunday as rebel troops declared the capital Damascus “free” after entering the city to scant resistance ...

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 ...

Opposition forces have taken control of the capital after a significant offensive. Here is how it unravelled.

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.

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

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

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 ...

Residents in the Syrian capital were seen cheering in the streets of Damascus, as the rebel factions heralded the departure of "tyrant" Assad and "declare ...

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

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 (…)

After more than 13 years of war, hundreds of thousands of people killed and millions displaced, the 24-year rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is over ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Israel takes up posts in area for the first time since 1974; IDF said to strike chemical weapons sites in Damascus and Hezbollah convoy fleeing to Lebanon.

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 rebel coalition that has stormed into the Syrian capital, forcing the departure of Assad after 13 years of horrendously costly civil war, had prepared ...

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

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

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 ...

With the fall of Damascus, Iran can no longer deny that its political and military 'axis of resistance' has collapsed.

Russian state media reports that ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is in Moscow and has been granted asylum, after the Russian Foreign Ministry said ...

Hafez and his son Bashar killed countless people over five decades and oversaw the country's descent into kleptocracy.

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

Russia was a key ally of Assad's regime - the former president and his family will now reportedly get asylum there.

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

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 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he had ordered the Israeli military to "seize" a demilitarised buffer zone on the border with Syria ...

Abu Mohammad al-Jolani's road to Damascus has been long. He has talked openly about his change along the way. From young al Qaeda fighter two decades ago, ...

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

President Biden praises overthrow but warns of uncertainty, as analysts question his administration's years-long deprioritisation of Syria. Biden. Joe Biden ...

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

The Syrian civil defence group known as the White Helmets says it is investigating reports from survivors of the country's notorious Saydnaya prison that ...

Prisoners freed from Aleppo Central Prison recount lives of torture and abuse under the al-Assad regime.

The prisons infamous for torture in and around Damascus itself – including Sednaya, the most notorious, where satellite imagery showed a new crematorium was ...

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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 ...

December 8, 2024 - Ottawa, Ontario - Global Affairs Canada. The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement:.

Syria's White Helmets send rescue teams to Sednaya prison; ousted president Bashar al-Assad has fled to Moscow, Russian media report.

The Assad regime's refusal since 2011 to engage in a credible political process and its reliance on the brutal support of Russia and Iran led inevitably to its ...

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.

Long-suffering Syrians have been rejoicing in the streets after one of the world's most brutal dictatorships suddenly crumbled in a few short weeks.

The HTS chief has evolved from jihadist leader to rebel statesman while fighting to overthrow Bashar al-Assad.

A civil defence group says it has not found evidence of "secret doors" following reports that inmates are being detained underground.

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 ...

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 ...

Situation Report in English on Syrian Arab Republic and 1 other country about Protection and Human Rights and Shelter and Non-Food Items; published on 8 Dec ...

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, ...

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

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 ...

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.

Israeli forces have seized control of a previously demilitarised buffer zone in Syrian-controlled territory in the Golan Heights and attacked what it said ...

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