25.12.2024 18:45 It also said that soldiers did not know the hostages were there when they began their operation.
25.12.2024 09:30 For the second year running, tourists are staying away and public festivities have been cancelled.
24.12.2024 12:45 Thousands of Christians protest to urge Syria's new Islamist leadership to protect minorities.
24.12.2024 03:00 Ismail Haniyeh was Hamas's most prominent leader until his death in July.
23.12.2024 17:00 Devices rigged with explosives killed and wounded thousands of people in Lebanon.
23.12.2024 17:00 Following reports in Turkish media, a Kremlin spokesman denies Asma al-Assad wants to divorce her husband and leave Russia.
23.12.2024 17:00 Fergal Keane speaks to two Syrian refugees he met at the height of the migrant crisis in 2015.
23.12.2024 17:00 Feras Killani grew up in Yarmouk in Damascus, which saw brutal fighting between rebel and government forces.
22.12.2024 11:15 As those in the lucrative Captagon network move aside, how will the new leaders stop any criminals waiting in the wings to replace them?
22.12.2024 11:15 After the fall of Assad, many are apprehensive about how Syria will next be ruled.
22.12.2024 11:15 Both pilots were rescued after ejecting safely from their F/A-18 fighter aircraft.
21.12.2024 16:15 Jamil Hassan, referred to as "the butcher" by people who lived on his street, is among the senior regime figures who have fled with their families.
21.12.2024 16:15 A lively electronic music scene developed under the Assad regime. Now, it's unclear what comes next.
20.12.2024 22:15 Orla Guerin visits Al-Sina prison in north-eastern Syria, where many suspected fighters have been held for years.
20.12.2024 12:45 Kurdish forces say there's a real threat IS militants will try to break out comrades held in their jails in the north east.