The Latest Breaking News from Bashar alAssad

Call by OPCW comes as Israel continues to strike Syria days after ouster of president by opposition forces.

Bashar al-Assad's government has been accused of carrying out torture, rape, summary executions and other abuses since since Syria's civil war started in 2011.

When Hafez al-Assad, an Alawite minority member, seized control of the Ba'ath Party in Syria in 1970, he faced a significant backlash. The Syrian Constitution stipulated that only Muslims could hold the presidency, and the Alawites were deemed non-Muslim by many Sunni groups.

Travis Pete Timmerman, from Missouri, says he was imprisoned for seven months after travelling to Syria on a pilgrimage

Two-pronged diplomatic push sees Blinken visit Jordan, Turkiye, while Jake Sullivan holds talks in Israel, Qatar, Egypt.

The United States was pushing Thursday for an "inclusive" transition in Syria from president Bashar al-Assad's brutal rule, after the country's new leaders pledged to protect minority rights.

Tomb of Hafez al-Assad, father of removed president, torched as new PM pledges peace after 13 years of war.

Syrian rebels set fire to the tomb of Bashar al-Assad’s father in his family’s hometown in Al-Qardahah, near Latakia.

Burial procession for Mazen al-Hamada saw marchers hold signs of other missing detainees and chants for Bashar al-Assad to face trial