Syrian rebels stormed into the city of Hama on Thursday as government forces withdrewowl game, bringing the rebels one step closer to the capital Damascus, the seat of power of President Bashar al-Assad. The swift advance on Hama, one of Syria’s lar
The Justice Department has charged two top Syrian military officials with war crimes committed against Americans and others at a notorious prison in Damascus during the Syrian civil war, according to an indictment unsealed on Monday. The indictment
For more than a decade of civil war, Syrians in rebel-held areas craned their necks to look at the sky — listening and fearing the sounds of an airplane engine or the whirring blades of a helicopter. Those sounds meant imminent danger. People scramb
The government of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, which had kept rebel forces at bay for more than a decade with Iranian and Russian military support, collapsed with astonishing speed on Sunday morning after an advance by opposition forces on th
Syrians celebrate the fall of Syrian President Bashar Assads government in the town of Bar Elias, Lebanon, near the border with Syria, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. AP Photo/Hassan Ammar DAMASCUS, Syria Ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad fled to Moscow and r
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Department of Foreign Affairs building The Official Facebook Account of the DFA MANILA, Philippines The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Sunday expressed concern over ongoing developments in Syria, urging all parties involved to exercise restr
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Internally displaced people walk among the tents in a camp in Tabqa City, Raqqa governorate, northern Syria, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. Thousands of Kurdish families displaced from Aleppo and Tel Rifaat have ended up in temporary shelters and on th