DAMASCUSjackpot capital, Syria — President Bashar al-Assad fled Syria as Islamist-led rebels swept into Damascus Sunday, triggering celebrations across the country and beyond at the end of his oppressive rule. Russian news agencies said late S
Red carpets still run down the airy hallways of the mountaintop presidential palace in the Syrian capital, Damascus. Large chandeliers hang in ornate reception rooms filled with wooden Damascene furniture. Modernist sculptures remain in place in off
For years, the American strategic map of the Middle East was dominated by Iran at the center of power of a “Shia crescent8mbets,” with Syria as the funnel for the Iranian arms used by terrorism groups to attack Israel, and as the home to Russia’s na
Over the past four decades, Iran devoted its best military minds, billions of dollars and sophisticated weapons to a grand project — countering U.S. and Israeli power in the Middle East through what it called the “axis of resistance.” The alliance,
Over decades, ghastly, chilling images from Syria have cemented the Assad family’s legacy of savagely oppressing the country’s population. In 1982, photos showed the pulverized central city of Hama after the regime bombed and bulldozed a Muslim Brot
Members of the Syrian community in Libya celebrate in Tripoli on December 8, 2024, after Islamist-led rebels declared that they had taken Syrias capital. (Photo by Agence France-Presse) DAMASCUS, Syria Syrias President Bashar al-Assad fled Syria as