The Latest Breaking News from Bashar alAssad

As efforts get under way to restart economy, UN envoy calls for ‘free and fair elections’ after transition.

The trade of the illegal drug has flourished over the past decade in Syria. What happens to it now?

Residents in parts of central Gaza told to move towards overcrowded ‘humanitarian zone’ that has already been hit by strikes

Bashar al-Assad's overthrow has cleared the way for US strikes against the Islamic State group in areas previously shielded by Syrian and Russian air defenses -- but the jihadists may also try to exploit the vacuum left by his fall.

Turkey tried to stall the HTS rebels’ offensive but has now become Syria’s ‘gateway to the outside world’

Criticism mounts as US channel backtracks on identity of prisoner who worked as intelligence officer in Assad regime.

Igor Kirillov was head of the Russian army’s chemical weapons division. Plus, Mitch McConnell warns Trump against isolationism

Over 100,000 Syrians were disappeared by the Assad regime. At a hospital in Damascus, their families search desperately.

Geir Pedersen warns of intense clashes between Turkish-backed and Kurdish groups in the north

Burial sites are emerging across Syria after the ousting of al-Assad, accused of widespread extrajudicial killings.

A French diplomatic mission will travel to the Syrian capital Damascus this Tuesday to reestablish contact after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, acting Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said. Likewise, the US, the UK and other countries are investigating how they might normalise relations with the new regime.