A U.S. official said Assad had "sat out" the war to avoid further Israeli strikes on Syria, and remained under "tremendous pressure" not to allow Hezbollah to re-arm through his country.

“If he could have sat with the people since day one and ... With the conflict on a low simmer, some regional leaders began to ...

Neighbors and colleagues reported on each other everywhere. Now, Syrians are shadowed by the question of who among them had ...

The Observatory characterized many of the killings as executions and massacres, carried out in revenge against the Alawite community, which made up Assad's traditional base of support. The human ...

Armed men loyal to the Syrian government carried out field executions and spoke of ... of a crackdown against remnants of the former Assad regime that spiraled into communal killings.

Days before his troops overthrew the regime of Bashar Assad, Ahmad al-Sharaa declared that Syria deserves a system in which no “single ruler makes arbitrary decisions.” Sharaa, once a feared ...

A U.S. official said Assad had "sat out" the war to avoid further Israeli strikes on Syria, and remained under "tremendous pressure" not to allow Hezbollah to re-arm through his country.