Riyad Avlar spent 20 years languishing in Syria's jails, including a decade in the infamous Saydnaya prison, the scene of ...

Uganda’s Idi Amin shocked the world with atrocities, then fled with his wives to a quiet middle-class life. The Philippines’ ...

Assad, as a rebel-linked caretaker prime minister was appointed to oversee the transition of power. Follow for live updates.

Syrian rebels have desecrated the tomb of ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad’s father, former Syrian President Hafez al Assad.

Many bodies have been found in Syrian detention centers and prisons since President Bashar al-Assad's government fell.

As Syrian rebels overthrow President Bashar al-Assad and his government, the world is keeping an eye on what's happening at ...

Insurgents set fire to the tomb of Syria’s former President Hafez Assad in his hometown in the northwest. Hafez Assad had ruled Syria for 30 years until his death in 2000, when his son, Bashar, ...

Wednesday on the News Hour, FBI Director Christopher Wray announces his resignation, paving the way for President-elect Trump's choice. Syria's uncertain future after the fall of Bashar al-Assad ...

Rebel forces in Syria captured the capital Damascus and toppled the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick ...

Since then, as the war intensified, the prison became, by all accounts, even more terrible. In 2021, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights calculated that as many as thirty thousand people had been ...

On Wednesday, at Sednaya, a political prison in Syria, hundreds of people prowled the grounds. It was the third day after an astonishing rebel offensive deposed Bashar al-Assad, who had ruled as a ...

The US’ key anti-ISIS partners in Syria said on Wednesday that the ISIS detention facilities they guard are coming under ...