The Telegram account General SVR is popular with British tabloids but has a less-than-perfect track record for truth.

For decades, the Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad built his power ... Were those who fought for Assad truly fighting for survival, or were they pawns in a game that served only the powerful?

A video shared on X purports to show former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visiting his aunt’s home in Moscow, Russia.

Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad were allegedly communicating before rebels took over the Syrian government in December.

Bashar al-Assad’s regime collapsed faster than anyone had predicted. The sudden nature of its downfall left many scrambling for answers, and it seems no one was more unprepared than Assad himself.

Ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad says he had planned to keep fighting but the Russians evacuated him, in his first public statement since fleeing to Moscow over a week ago. From a post ...