According to five Lebanese officials who spoke on condition of anonymity, Rasha Hazem, wife of Duraid Assad, and their daughter Shams entered Lebanon illegally and attempted to board a flight to Egypt ...

The collapse of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria following a lightning rebel offensive in November has shaken Assad-ally ...

Syria's new government has been facing new challenges with unrest emerging in certain regions amid a growing number of ...

It was a year of wars, election surprises, royal health scares and the reign of new queens. Within this maelstrom, one ...

She was once fawned over for her good looks and sharp mind, but is now seen as an accomplice to her husband’s cruelty. Claudia Cockerell on the fall of Syria’s first lady ...

The ongoing struggle for power in Syria has significant implications not just for the Middle East, but for the global geopolitical landscape as a whole. As Bashar al-Assad's regime weakens, the ...

President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday sided with key supporter and billionaire tech CEO Elon Musk in a public dispute over ...

The rebels capturing Damascus marked a turning point for Syria, which had been shattered by more than 13 years of war which ...

Nigeria has dismissed Niger's claims of collusion with France, calling them baseless and an attempt to blackmail the country.

Cliche has it that behind every great man stands a woman—and as it happens, the same also applies to murderous dictators.

Syria's new rebel-led authorities say supporters of ousted President Bashar al-Assad have killed 14 interior ministry troops ...

Ukraine has claimed to have struck a Russian industrial facility producing fuel for missiles, as Moscow says it has foiled several assassination plots on senior officers. At such a critical moment in ...