Saudi Arabia has broken its own record for executions carried out in a single year, according to an AFP tally, after ...

Since the start of 2025, Saudi Arabia has executed 232 people in drug-related cases, constituting the majority of the 340 ...

The kingdom has killed 340 people so far this year, according to AFP's count, and has in recent years trailed only China and ...

Bashar al-Assad was ousted as Syria's president and fled to Russia in December 2024, bringing a sudden end to his 24-year ...

Damascus, Syria – On the morning of December 5, 2025, a taxi drove me across the Lebanon-Syria border. This time was ...

Assad's regime in Syria in December 2024 created major political, security and economic changes in Lebanon. Beirut also rid ...

Damascus signs agreements to rehabilitate war-damaged oil and gas fields, boost power supplies, and signal the start of a ...

President Donald Trump defended the U.S. military presence in Syria following a Saturday ambush that killed two American ...

Israeli military raids in Syria raise tensions as they carve out a buffer zone - Israel’s military raids and strikes over the ...

Qassim Hamadeh woke to the sounds of gunfire and explosions in his village of Beit Jin in southwestern Syria last month. The ...

From Damascus to Idlib, and from the streets of Gaziantep to Berlin and Stockholm, Syrians marked the first anniversary of the fall of former president Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Despite vast ...

Saudi Arabia breaks its own record with 340 executions in 2025 as authorities continue a strict war on drugs and capital ...