"Perhaps Islamic rule will come … and the regime will become totalitarian again," SDC adviser Riad Darar told Newsweek.

In 1994, the line of succession changed in what seemed a promising way. Basil al-Assad, the “hero” and Hafez al-Assad’s ...

Syrian leader Bashar Assad issued what appeared to be his first public statement since he was ousted and fled with his family ...

The Assad regime cultivated ethnic and religious divides that threaten Syria's future even after the dynasty's fall.

Ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad said Monday he wanted to stay in the country after rebels captured the capital, but ...

Assad's flight to Russia may be a blessing in disguise, as it could allow for more effective transitional justice in Syria.

Assad, who wielded fear and force over Syria for more than two decades, fled the country under the cover of night — and a ...

The scramble is on to define the future of Syria, quickly, to avert a war even more divisive than the conflict that has riven ...

Syrians take to the streets after Friday prayers - almost a week after the former president fled as rebels entered Damascus.

For my family, with its deep connection to Syria’s democratic past and its painful history under the Assad regime, the ...

The Syrian regime’s collapse came more quickly than the rebels had dreamed — the circumstances were both serendipitous and part of a larger global realignment.