Syria’s rebels took Homs back from Assad in a matter of days. Now they have to police it - ON THE GROUND: Bel Trew meets the new police chief in Syria’s third city, tasked with keeping the ...

A member of the security forces of the newly formed Syrian government checks the ID of a driver at a security checkpoint in Homs, Syria, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024.

After decades of dictatorship and 13 years of civil war, can Syria put itself back together? Our journalists traveled the ...

Over two million Syrians who had fled their homes during their country’s war have returned since Bashar al-Assad’s overthrow ...

"Syria rebels announce 'total liberation' of Homs," Azhari wrote in another X post. The advance follows reports that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has fled the country—reports that the Syrian ...

Omran, a Homs native, defected from the Assad regime in 2012 and joined the small Islamist faction Ansar al-Sham. He was later appointed by HTS to manage police in Haram city, Idlib.

“We came back, and nobody asked to see my ID from the coast to Homs.” Before Assad's fall, al-Bayyaa said, he spent 10 years ...

Omran, a Homs native, defected from the Assad regime in 2012 and joined the small Islamist faction Ansar al-Sham. He was later appointed by HTS to manage police in Haram city, Idlib.

“We came back, and nobody asked to see my ID from the coast to Homs.” Before Assad's fall, al-Bayyaa said, he spent 10 years in hiding to avoid a call-up for reserve army service and was ...