The Alwaites, who primarily live in Syria's coastal regions, particularly in the provinces of Latakia and Tartus, are ...

The oligarch is the former head of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) and President of Kalmykia Republic, and had been sanctioned since 2015 for support for the former Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad.

Assad's brutal regime saw thousands die in his 'human slaughterhouse' prisons - with some guards getting so carried away they ...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Monday lifted sanctions against Syria, though his executive order stopped well short ...

Thousands of Syrian refugees are going back to their homeland but conditions there remain extremely challenging ...

Assad's regime was brutal and deadly and it's estimated that 13,000 people were executed in just one of his prisons, where ...