Al-Monitor's top articles of 2024 delivered exclusive reporting on the Middle East's tumultuous year. From Assad's fall in ...

Ankara is emerging as a winner after Assad’s fall, deploying influence in Damascus. Erdogan is consolidating a position of ...

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.

Assad fled to Russia after a rebel alliance, led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), captured Damascus ...

A social media account, General SVR, operated by a former Russian spy, stated that Assad sought medical assistance after ...

A popular Russian Telegram channel is claiming that the former Syrian President was poisoned at the weekend, less than a ...

Ukraine is pledging support for the new authorities in Syria, which was once a key Russian ally in the Mideast.

Assad, who ruled Syria for over two decades, was the victim of an attempted poisoning in Moscow. Social media account General SVR, reportedly run by an ex-top Russian spy, claimed that Assad had ...

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine is preparing to reestablish diplomatic ties with Syria following the ...

The former Syrian dictator called for medical help, whereafter his health reportedly began to deteriorate further.

The rebels’ path to victory is littered with evidence of Syria’s defeated military. It also reflects the sizable task of ...