Assad and his family fled Syria in December 2024 after his regime collapsed, taking refuge in Russia. In January, Syria’s new government requested his extradition but was turned down. Still, al-Sharaa ...

Assad, who ruled over Syria with an iron fist for 24 years, used a private jet to spirit away cash, valuables and confidential documents mapping the corporate web behind his wealth.

Syria's football association handed a favorable marketing deal to a little-known Damascus firm. Behind the scenes, the ...

James Marson leads Ukraine coverage for The Wall Street Journal.

A senior Russian general has been killed in an explosion in Moscow, a spokesperson for the Investigative Committee of Russia ...

Tim Franks has met a man whose job under Bashar al-Assad was to collect bodies from a military hospital: "the hardest part to see was how they were tortured". Also in the programme: Canadians ...

As Syria undergoes a precarious government transition under interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa following the ouster of Bashar al-Assad, now is a critical moment to hold members of the former regime ...

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As Syria undergoes sweeping changes following the fall of the Assad regime, the return of sanctioned figures, and the absence ...

As his enemies closed in on Damascus, Bashar al-Assad, who ruled over Syria with ... currently under Western aviation sanctions for its invasion of Ukraine. Reuters was unable to reach the ...