Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa unveiled on Monday new banknotes replacing those showing ousted ruler Bashar al-Assad and his family, hoping the Syrian pound can regain some of the value lost to over a ...

Thousands of documents and interviews with Assad-era officials reveal how the regime worked to conceal evidence of its atrocities during the Syrian civil war. Pictures of missing Syrians pasted on a ...

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Central Bank Governor Abdul Qader Hosriya during a ceremony launching the new Syrian currency in Damascus, 29 December 2025 Kris Aquino asks for prayers anew after ...

Content warning: this article includes details about the impact of conflict on children in war zones and descriptions of injuries that some readers may find distressing. The first thing was that ...

Syrian authorities announced on Saturday the arrest of a man who had ties to the ousted regime and was wanted for "serious crimes," while a dozen Assad-era officials were detained as they tried to ...

Editor’s note: This story is part of As Equals, CNN’s ongoing series on gender inequality. It contains graphic and disturbing accounts of sexual violence. For information about how the series is ...

Jerusalem — Under the cover of darkness, the helicopters from Israel began to arrive in southern Syria on Dec. 17, 2024, nine days after the ouster of former president Bashar al-Assad. Packed ...

An attack by ISIS forces on U.S. servicemembers earlier this month prompted U.S. airstrikes and an entry ban on Syrian nationals, despite Trump’s embrace of Syria President Ahmad al-Sharaa Following ...

The first wave of detentions in the new Syria came almost immediately – just after victorious rebels flung open the doors of Bashar al-Assad’s notorious prisons. As ordinary Syrians stormed detention ...

Bashar al-Assad’s long, brutal reign ended swiftly, but he and his close circle have had a soft landing in Russia. Credit...Aaron Byrd Supported by By Erika Solomon Christiaan Triebert Haley Willis ...

It has been a year since Syria commemorated the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s government, a major milestone after 14 years and a new era following years of civil war and dictatorial governance. The ...