Bashar al-Assad was the 19th president of Syria, entering office in 2000 succeeding his father Hafez al-Assad as the country's leader and as head of the Ba'ath Party. He was ousted in December 2024 by ...

CNN-- Bashar al-Assad's regime has lost control of much of Syria's long desert border with Iraq, as Sunni jihadist groups in both countries grow in strength, according to Western counter-terrorism ...

Syria on Monday officially reopened the Al-Yarubiya-Rabia land border crossing with Iraq, resuming operations after a 13-year ...

Previously a major trade route between Iraq and Syria, the crossing was closed after the emergence of the ISIS terrorist ...

Iraq reopened a once-bustling border crossing with Syria on Monday, more than a decade after it was closed to trade following ...

FILE PHOTO: Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa delivers a speech on the first anniversary of Bashar al-Assad's fall, in Damascus, Syria December 8, 2025. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo Jan 22 ...

Putin Backs Assad, Says Russian Warplanes Could Redeploy to Syria in Hours Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged to continue providing military aid and intelligence to Syrian President Bashar ...