The hopes of liberalization raised at the start of Hafez al-Assad's son's rule were short-lived. Urged by his family, the ...

Since the fall of longtime ruler Assad in December, Syria's authorities have dissolved the former military and security ...

Hezbollah, a powerful Iran-backed militia, has long been the country’s dominant political force and has formed part of the ...

Since Bashar al-Assad fled the country and Ahmad al-Sharaa arrived in Damascus, eventually being declared president, every speech and interview he has given, whether televised or in print, reflects a ...

"At least under the former dictator, Bashar al-Assad," he says ... from Iran - a country which sponsored both the Assad regime and Hezbollah. IBTISSAM HUMHOM: (Speaking Arabic).

Pro-Iranian militias in Iraq, collectively part of the Hashd al Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Units), face increasing calls to ...

Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria. “Hezbollah still has legitimacy,” Ziad Majed, a Lebanese political researcher, told Al Jazeera. “It will have to accept to be a strong – and it will be ...

A worker tears down the pictures of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, his father Hafez al-Assad, the late Hezbollah leader Sayyed Nasrallah and Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at a gas station in Nubl, a ...

The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime has largely neutralized Iran’s influence through the regime in Syria and its ally Hezbollah in Lebanon, both of which posed significant threats to Israel.