The toughest US sanctions yet on Syria take effect this week, increasing the pressure on President Bashar al-Assad as he grapples with a deepening economic crisis after a decade of war. Washington says sanctions will help hold Assad and his backers to account for war crimes in a conflict...

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) revealed on Saturday that Maher Al-Assad, the brother of Syrian regime President Bashar Al-Assad, has rejected direct orders from Russia to withdraw all checkpoints erected by the 4th Division from around the country. According to the war...

A Paris court will deliver a verdict this week in the corruption trial of Rifaat al-Assad after a near-seven-year investigation into the provenance of the exiled uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's multimillion-dollar property fortune. French financial prosecutors accuse the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Hatem Abdulaziz Badawi is another Syrian refugee in Germany who served in Syrian intelligence services and was involved in war crimes against the Syrian people. Eye-witnesses have provided Zaman al-Wasl with images and audio testimonies revealing the...