(CNN)In the central Syrian desert, an oil field has become a makeshift torture chamber. An unarmed man writhes in the dust, howling in pain. Four men in military fatigues pin him down and smash his hands and feet with a sledgehammer. As he cries out for help, they taunt him in Russian,...

Standing on a podium on Saturday to take an oath of office, Bashar al-Assad declared himself the only man who could rebuild Syria. His first foreign guest, China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, seemed to enhance his claim, endorsing the president’s win in a May poll described by...

     Syrian jihadist Samir A. will be released on parole pending the trial in December, the Dutch Schiphol court decided on Thursday. After more than a year in custody, there are no longer any reasons to detain him.    The Rotterdam jihadist Samir A. is part of the...

Millions of civilians fleeing attacks from the Bashar Assad regime and its supporters have taken shelter in camps in Idlib, northern Syria, as they mark another Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha under difficult conditions, far from their homes. Mustafa Emin had to flee from the southern...