It went on to perform missions against the Islamic State and Assad’s forces in Syria ... The first is the person behind the stick. USAF aviators are usually not trained in the techniques required to ...

Javier Assad came into spring training competing for a spot in the Chicago Cubs' starting rotation, but the righty has been shut down for the next few days after undergoing an MRI. Chicago Cubs ...

Syria’s relations with Iran and Russia remain an open wound for the country’s people after the nations backed autocratic President Bashar Assad during its long war DUBAI, United Arab Emirates ...

The collapse of Saddam Hussein’s Baathist regime in Iraq and Bashar al-Assad’s Baathist regime in Syria stemmed primarily from their reliance on sectarian solidarity within the Baathist ...

A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 uprising has been detained inside Syria, according to state news agency SANA.

AS NEWS OF the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime and the dictator’s flight spread over the weekend, many Syrians rushed to the public squares to celebrate. In Damascus, women draped in the ...

Syria’s new leadership announced on Friday the arrest of Atif Najib, a cousin of ousted leader Bashar Al-Assad, who is accused of leading a deadly crackdown in Daraa, the birthplace of 2011 ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Syria’s new authorities have announced the arrest of Atif Najib, a former senior security officer and cousin of ousted President Bashar al-Assad. Najib is seen by many as being responsible for ...

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has spoken to Syria’s interim leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, the first such top-level contact since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Rebels led ...