People around the globe toasted the end of 2025 as the clock ticked down on Wednesday, bidding farewell to one of the hottest years on record, packed with Trump tariffs, the announcement of Gaza truce ...

A year after his regime was toppled in Syria, Bashar al-Assad's family is living an isolated, quiet life of luxury in Moscow. A friend of the family, sources in Russia and Syria, as well as leaked ...

Syria’s government has ordered soldiers to guard a mass grave created to conceal atrocities under Bashar al-Assad.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Syria on Monday unveiled its new currency bills, just over a year after a lightning insurgency ousted former president Bashar al-Assad and ended his family's half-century rule of the country. Man ...

A Lebanese pop star turned Islamic militant has claimed innocence in a military court. Fadel Shaker, who surrendered in early October after 12 years on the run, denies involvement in battles ...

It’s the most wonderful time of year for singer Mariah Carey. Every year during the Christmas season, Carey’s song “All I Want for Christmas Is You” surges to the top of the Billboard singles chart.

The unofficial anthem of Christmas has made history. Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” annually surges to the top of the Billboard singles charts each Christmas, and that has continued ...

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