Two documents issued by the General Secretariat of the National Defense in Syria reveal tragic details about the deaths of a number of detainees in detention centers run by the National Defense, the auxiliary militia led by Fadi Saqr, one of the regime's most prominent security forces in the...

Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime last December, Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani has emerged as a key figure in the country, undertaking a series of diplomatic visits to regional and Western capitals. Al-Shaibani, 38, was appointed foreign minister in the transitional...

Syrians across Syria performed the first Eid al-Fitr prayers since the fall of the regime of ousted President Bashar al-Assad at the end of last year on Monday morning. The Eid prayer was also performed for the first time in the Square of the Unknown Soldier on Mount Qasioun, north of the...

When Mariam Aabour learned of the ouster of Syrian leader Bashar Assad, she shed tears of joy. But as the time came to return to her homeland from Lebanon – where she fled years earlier – Aabour felt torn. She was happy about the homecoming, but sad to leave behind a son and a stepson...