In his third inauguration speech, Syrian dictator Bashar Assad blasted the West and the Sunni Gulf States and promised to wrest all of Syria back from the various rebel factions that have revolted ...

Syrian Jewish leaders joined opposition activist Mouaz Moustafa in lobbying Congress to repeal the Caesar sanctions, despite ...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, speaks during a news conference with Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa at the Pancasila on Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in Jakarta. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci ...

The al-Qaeda affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has control of Syria's oil and gas resources, and is selling that fuel to the Assad government that it's supposedly there to fight, ...

Bashar al-Assad was the 19th president of Syria, entering office in 2000 succeeding his father Hafez al-Assad as the country's leader and as head of the Ba'ath Party. He was ousted in December 2024 by ...

Interior Ministry says suspect oversaw sarin storage and chemical weapons production under former regime | Anadolu ...

Iran and Syria condemned a U.S. plan to assist rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad on Saturday and signaled the Syrian leader intends to stay in power at least until 2014 presidential ...

Authorities say Habib Ali oversaw chemical weapons production and sarin-filled bombs used in attacks in 2013 and 2017.

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DAMASCUS: Syrian authorities announced on Wednesday (Jul 15) the arrest of a former officer they say was a chemical weapons ...

Former colonel Ahmed Habib Ali is accused of supervising the manufacture of sarin gas bombs.