Donald Trump’s pick to oversee 18 intelligence agencies with a $100 billion spy budget is facing renewed scrutiny over an ...

As soon as news of Bashar al-Assad's ouster broke – and with the ... for lifting of sanctions I also had the opportunity in 2023 to meet, albeit on a confidential basis, with his current ...

QARDAHA, LATAKIA, Syria — There is a long, winding road leading to what was once the family home of ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad just outside Latakia on Syria's Mediterranean coast.

A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 uprising has been detained inside Syria, according to state news agency SANA.

Bashar al-Assad consistently portrayed himself as a ... who endured repeated imprisonment and torture between 2023 and 2024, added, "The Alawites arrested for political reasons were tortured ...

The sources further noted that all communication between the Assad regime and Hamas stopped in October 2023. Damascus did not issue any ... France Issues New Arrest Warrant for Syria's Bashar al-Assad ...

In November 2023, French judges had issued a first warrant against Bashar al-Assad on charges of complicity in crimes against humanity and complicity in war crimes. It followed a French ...

Director of national intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard shed further light on her 2017 meeting with then-Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, a trip that has come under the microscope since President ...