In March 2011, he said, he sprayed the graffiti referring to Assad’s training in Britain as an ophthalmologist ... “We want to hold Bashar al-Assad accountable as a war criminal,” he ...

Security forces in Syria have battled gunmen loyal to deposed President Bashar al-Assad in the country’s coastal region for a second day, with dozens of people reported killed in the deadliest ...

DOZENS of people have been killed after soldiers loyal to ousted tyrant Bashar al-Assad launched a surprise ambush on the army of Syria's new rulers. Ongoing clashes between the two sides have ...

Two days of fighting along the Mediterranean coast were among the bloodiest battles since rebels ousted the dictator Bashar al-Assad. By Christina Goldbaum Reporting from Damascus, Syria Clashes ...

Syrian army personnel gather as they head towards Latakia to join the fight against the fighters linked to Syria's ousted leader Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo, Syria.(REUTERS) The village assaults ...

A day later in Qardaha, the ancestral home of Bashar al-Assad, the deposed president, locals attacked a police station after the authorities set up a checkpoint and shot a protester. That evening ...

Ghayath Suleiman Dala, the leader of The Military Council for the Liberation of Syria, was formerly the commander of the “Ghayth” forces within the 4th Armored Division of the Syrian Arab Army—a ...

More than 70 people have been killed and dozens injured in clashes between Syrian security forces and fighters linked to the toppled leader Bashar al-Assad, according to a war monitor. Syria's new ...

Gunmen loyal to deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad have killed at least 15 security personnel in ambushes in the coastal province of Latakia, a security source told Al Jazeera. The attacks took ...

By Euan Ward Reporting from Beirut, Lebanon Violence between government security forces and gunmen loyal to the ousted regime of President Bashar al-Assad has erupted in Syria’s coastal region.