France's highest court is ruling on whether it can strip Bashar al-Assad, the former Syrian leader now in exile in Russia, of his immunity as a head of state ...

The announcement comes amid mounting unrest, particularly after deadly clashes erupted in Suwayda province between Bedouin ...

France's highest court will decide if former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad can be stripped of head-of-state immunity, opening the door for his trial in absentia over alleged chemical attacks. View ...

France's highest court ruled on Friday that an arrest warrant for former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad was invalid as it was issued when he was still in office, but said a new warrant can now be ...

Syria will hold parliamentary elections in September, the head of a body tasked with organising the election process told ...

France's highest court is to decide Friday whether to uphold an arrest warrant against Syria's ex-president Bashar al-Assad ...

The Assad family ruled Syria for over five decades. A Reuters series reveals how the country transformed after the dictatorship’s end.

That changed in December 2024, when President Bashar al-Assad fell from power: After 24 years, his regime collapsed in a matter of days. The door to a new era creaked open.

-- President Bashar al-Assad of Syria is the center of attention in the aftermath of a United States airstrike against a Syrian air base where a chemical attack was initiated earlier this week.

After the fall of Bashar al-Assad, correspondent Martin Smith travels the country tracing al-Sharaa’s rise to power and the emerging threats to the country’s stability. 07/01/2025 ...

President Bashar al-Assad of Syria had just been toppled by a lightning rebel offensive. In the chaos, a news crew filming outside a Syrian prison captured the image of an older man, disheveled ...

Then-Syrian president Bashar al-Assad addresses reporters at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on Dec. 9, 2010. Remy de la Mauviniere/Associated Press ...