Intelligence files found in a Damascus prison complex reveal cases that led to brutal detentions; a wife records a husband.

At least three people were killed and dozens were injured in clashes Sunday between Alawites and protesters in western Syria, the Associated Press reported, days after a mosque bombing in Homs killed eight people. Newsweek has reached out to the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for comment via email on Sunday.

Ms. al-Assad’s cousin and Maher’s daughter, Sham al-Assad, also appeared to celebrate her 22nd birthday with an extravaganza, held over two nights in mid-September at a gold-tiled French restaurant called Bagatelle in Dubai and then on a private yacht.

Three people killed in clashes with Syrian security forces in Latakia, the Alawite heartland, amid ongoing violence a year following Bashar Al-Assad’s ouster.

Bashar al-Assad fled for Russia a year ago as rebels commanded by Syria‘s new president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, seized Damascus and ended his rule

A Times investigation into the whereabouts of top Syrian officials who fled after the regime’s fall shows many remain free — shielded by wealth and accommodating host nations.

Syrian police arrested a former member of Saraya al Jawad in Latakia and seized weapons during security operations across the region

One year after the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, Christmas festivities are taking place under a cloud of pain and worry. In the capital Damascus and the nearby town of Maaloula, Christian communities are determined to celebrate,