Under Mr Assad Syria sank from middle-income status to abject poverty. Women saw branches off trees for heating. Children scavenge in dumpsters for food. Men pull copper wire from buildings and telecoms cables to sell. The government is broke and banks are running out of cash. “The economy is tanking,” says one of Mr Sharaa’s advisers.

The discussions between Moscow and Damascus have revolved primarily around the future of Russia’s military presence in Syria, particularly the Hmeimim Air Base and the Tartus naval facility.

From a Bond villain lair in the rugged heights overlooking Damascus, the all-seeing eye of a notorious Syrian military unit gazed down on a city it bled dry.

Nearly three months after Assad fled, much of Syria is suspended between relief at the dictatorship’s demise and anxiety over what comes next.

Lt. Colonel Hasan Goz has begun his duties as the military attache at the Turkish Embassy in Damascus, the mission announced on Tuesday. A statement shared on the embassy's X account confirmed Goz's appointment, emphasizing the ongoing military cooperation between Türkiye and Syria.

DAMASCUS, Syria - In the days after the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, rescue workers began to receive calls about the trail of bodies that his loyalists had left in people’s homes.

The city can finally mourn the tens of thousands of victims of Hafez al-Assad and the massacre he ordered 43 years ago.

DAMASCUS (Reuters) -At least 13 members of Syria's security forces were killed on Thursday in clashes with militants linked to Bashar al-Assad's ousted regime, a Syrian broadcaster reported, some of

Asaad al-Shibani asks for the support of the global chemical weapons watchdog to "end to this painful legacy".

Comics had already been trying to foster stand-up in Syria before Bashar al-Assad’s fall. Now, they are telling jokes in a liberated country, while warily eyeing the new government.

Syria's tiny Jewish community and Syrian Jews abroad are trying to build bridges after Bashar al-Assad's ouster in the hope of reviving their ancient heritage before the community dies out.

Their routines included standard comedy fare — religion, sex and the pressure to get married — but the biggest punchline of the night was Assad.