Assad’s father brutally crushed an uprising in Hama, creating a blueprint for repression. Decades later, Syrians can now start to tell their stories.

Elite Air Force unit breached underground facility 124 miles from Israel, laid explosives and escaped unscathed after 2.5 hours, in one of most complex ever operations in enemy territory

After five decades of dynastic rule over their country, Syrians in the city of Hama have been rejoicing at the fall of the Assad ruling family.

Ragheed Tatari was arrested in 1982 for refusing to carry out orders from then-President Hafez al-Assad to bomb civilians - Anadolu Ajansı

Christians in Syria are protesting after a Christmas tree was set alight in the city of Hama. Footage shows people milling around the tree, pouring liquid onto it from a jerry can. The cause of the fire has yet to be formally identified.

Thousands of Syrians took to the streets in protest after a Christmas tree was set alight near the city of Hama. A video circulating online shows hooded men setting fire to a tree

THIS is the shocking moment a Christmas tree was torched in a town in Syria, fuelling fears of targeted attacks on Christians after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Footage showed the tree

Clashes between Islamists who took over Syria and supporters of ousted President Bashar Assad's government killed six Islamic fighters on Wednesday and wounded others, according to a British-based war monitor.

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

Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets in Christian areas of Damascus early on Dec. 24 to protest the burning of a Christmas tree near Hama in central Syria, AFP journalists witnessed.

Footage began to circulate online Monday showing flames at the base of an artificial Christmas tree in the mostly Christian town of Al-Suqaylabiyah.

Syria's new authorities have arrested nearly 300 people, including informants, pro-regime fighters and former soldiers, in a crackdown on loyalists to