Umayyad Square in Damascus hummed to the throngs of people brandishing "revolution" flags as Syria saw in the new year with ...

The Assad regime cultivated ethnic and religious divides that threaten Syria's future even after the dynasty's fall.

For decades, any Syrian daring to broach political topics got used to speaking in hushed tones and with a watchful eye ...

Hama, Homs, Damascus – all again in the headlines overnight because of the regime’s swift fall, yet too home to the most heinous parts of its history – respectively the 1982 massacre of ...

The Assad Regime has ended in Syria with rebels taking Damascus. NBC News' Richard Engel is on the ground in Damascus and NBC News' Kelly O'Donnell is at the White House with our reporting.

Syrian producer Mohammad al-Shebli was helping to translate the anguished messages scrawled on cell walls by prisoners of the brutal Assad regime made a heart-wrenching discovery.

A coalition of Syrian rebels say they have toppled the government of President Bashar al-Assad and captured the Syrian ...

After less than two weeks of fighting across Syria’s northwest, rebel groups swiftly seized control of the capital. Their presence seemed to catch the regime off guard, forcing Assad to flee to Russia ...

Al-Julani speaks from Damascus’s historic Umayyad Mosque, tells Syrians that building a new country will be hard work.

Among the sacred places mentioned in Islamic sources are Mecca, Sinai, and Jerusalem, but also Syria (the Shām) and ...

new video loaded: On the Ground in Damascus as Syrians Chart a New Path ... became the epicenter of a new chapter in the country’s history after opposition forces overran the city.

A visit to the souk in the old city in the Syrian capital of Damascus tell us a lot about the state of the country's current economy.