In Lebanon, many saw the election on Thursday of Gen. Joseph Aoun, the commander of the Lebanese military, as a crucial step ...

A new type of Syrian refugee is fleeing across the border into Lebanon: those who once supported dictator Bashar Al-Assad.

Syria’s former media chief and top aide to Bashar al-Assad said that Russian President Vladimir Putin may have “tricked” the ...

Residents of Qusayr in central Syria are finally returning home after the departure of Hezbollah fighters, who helped Bashar al-Assad's forces seize the city a decade ago and left with his fall.

Hezbollah. Syria was one of the few Arab states to have cordial relations with Iran since its 1979 revolution. The Assads, both Hafez al-Assad, who ruled for nearly 30 years, and his son, Bashar ...

From Donald Trump being shot at a campaign rally to Bashar al-Assad's shock overthrow, Newsweek writers on the moment of 2024: plus have your say. "I believe there will be violent fighting ...

Lebanon's Hezbollah armed group on Tuesday expressed ... days after the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad. "We hope to see Syria stabilise... and take a firm stand against Israeli occupation ...

ROBERT FORD: Bashar al-Assad lived in the shadow of his older ... YACOUBIAN: And he was really saved by three key backers - Iran, Hezbollah and Russia. And in particular, the Iranians and ...

Syria's new ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa and Lebanon's prime minister vowed on Saturday to build lasting ties after the fall of ...

The election marks the first test of Lebanon's power balance since Shi'ite Muslim Hezbollah emerged badly pummelled from last year's war with Israel, and since its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad was ...

"At least under the former dictator, Bashar al-Assad," he says ... They're mostly Syrian fighters with the Iran-backed group Hezbollah, who fought alongside Syria's army against the rebel ...