The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria confirmed that illegal practices such as arbitrary detention, torture and enforced disappearance were used "systematically to suppress dissent" during the rule of the deposed Bashar al-Assad. The Anadolu Agency reported that this...

Kurdish-led authorities who run a sprawling camp for ISIS-linked prisoners in northeast Syria are preparing the first-ever return of detainees to Syrian areas, the camp director said, a move enabled by the fall of the al-Assad regime. Al-Hol camp director Jihan Hanan said preparations were...

Flag carrier Turkish Airlines on Thursday landed its first Istanbul-Damascus flight since 2012, ending a 13-year hiatus that was due to Syria's civil war. Many Syrians voiced joy at returning to their homeland after years of exile. Some were seen carrying flags from December’s Syrian...

Syria’s top diplomat said Wednesday that lifting economic sanctions imposed during the rule of ousted president Bashar al-Assad was “key” to restoring stability in the war-torn country. For weeks, Syria’s new authorities have been lobbying Western powers to scrap restrictions that...