Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad were allegedly communicating before rebels took over the Syrian government in December.

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 8 - Syrian rebels are looking for men from deposed dictator Bashar al-Assad's regime in foreign embassies in Damascus including the Italian one, the Farnesina (foreign ministry ...

A Syrian former equestrian champion has told how he was jailed and tortured for 21 years after he beat Bashar al Assad's older brother in a competition. Adnan Kassar, once a celebrated figure in ...

A Russian Telegram channel has claimed that Bashar al Assad may have been poisoned, sparking online speculation about the fate of the Syrian dictator after he fled to Moscow following his downfall.

Bashar al-Assad's British wife is severely ill from leukaemia and has been given a '50/50' chance of survival by doctors, sources in contact with the family claim. Asma al-Assad reportedly fled to ...

The foreign ministers will discuss a landmark national dialogue conference that Syria's new leaders say will set the priorities for the country. Initially planned for January, the ...

Tajani's trip to Damascus was the latest such visit from a European diplomat since Islamist-led rebels toppled president Bashar al-Assad in early December ... and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken ...

NATO needs a stronger focus on the south and Africa, Italy's prime minister told a news conference on Thursday, saying Russia might boost its presence in eastern Libya after the collapse of its allied ...

Samir Ousman al-Sheikh, who oversaw Syria's infamous Adra Prison from 2005 to 2008 under recently ousted President Bashar al-Assad, was charged by a federal grand jury in California with several ...

STORY: Foreign ministers and top diplomats from Western and Middle Eastern countries met with Syria's new foreign minister on ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken agreed Thursday in talks in Rome with European counterparts on the need to encourage stability in Syria, officials said, as Turkey threatens Kurdish forces in the ...