At his end-of-year news conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would ask Bashar al-Assad, Syria's deposed ... and President-elect Trump. NBC News' Keir Simmons reports.Dec. 20 ...

For more on this story watch NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt tonight ... Putin is a longtime patron of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, who was ousted earlier this month and fled the country ...

While relative peace and stability have followed the Assad regime’s collapse, the proposed educational changes have stoked ...

The first international commercial flight since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad landed at Damascus airport, arriving from Qatar. Arab and Western countries that had cut off Syria ...

WASHINGTON — Senior U.S. officials arrived in Damascus on Friday for the first diplomatic mission to the Syrian capital since the fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad ... list, NBC News has ...

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham took over Syria after a lightning-speed offensive that forced former-President Bashar al-Assad to flee the country.Dec. 20, 2024 ...

Will he walk the walk and not just talk the talk? And if he doesn’t win in the elections, will he peacefully stand aside for whoever does win?” one analyst said.

Hundreds of demonstrators have taken to the streets in Christian neighborhoods of Damascus after a Christmas tree burning heightened fears that the overthrow of former President Bashar al-Assad ...

Putin told NBC News’ Keir Simmons that he would raise the case of missing journalist Austin Tice with former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. “I have not seen President Assad when he arrived ...

NBC News obtained a copy of the letter just ... Putin is a longtime patron of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, who was ousted earlier this month and fled the country to Russia.