Syria's long-ruling Baath party faces collapseFollowing the overthrow of President Bashar Assad, Syria's Baath party has frozen its activities, signaling the end of its six-decade rule....
Syria's Baath party oversaw half a century of repressionSyria's Baath party, under the Assad dynasty, ruled with an iron fist for over five decades. Hafez al-Assad seized power in a 1970 coup, es...
Syria War: Bashar al-Assad's fall stuns the world: What lies ahead for Syria’s fragile future?Bashar Al Assad Fall: The abrupt fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime ends five decades of Baath Party rule in Syria, following a dec...
Bashar al-Assad: The Syrian president who led a bloody crackdownSyrian President Bashar al-Assad, once seemingly secure in power after quashing a pro-democracy revolt, now faces a renewed threat. An Isla...
Hezbollah media chief killed in Israeli strike on BeirutHezbollah's media relations chief, Mohammed Afif, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Syrian Ba'ath Party headquarters in Beirut. Afi...
More than 56 killed in Israeli strikes across Gaza & LebanonIsraeli airstrikes have devastated Gaza, claiming the lives of at least 50 people, including women and children. The strikes targeted vario...
Israeli strike on Beirut kills Hezbollah media head, security sources sayAn Israeli airstrike targeted a building in Beirut, Lebanon, resulting in the death of Hezbollah's media relations chief, Mohammad Afif, ac...
Syrian literary icon & anti-establishment advocate Khaled Khalifa passes away at 59Khalifa, who hailed from Maryamin in northwestern Aleppo province, was celebrated for his novels, television screenplays and newspaper colu...
9 killed including 2 children after bike-borne men open fire at Iran protestsNine people were shot dead by motorcycle attackers during protests in Iran. Those killed included a woman and 2 children.
Russia drafting thousands in Syria for Ukraine war: MonitorThe Kremlin said last week that volunteers, including from Syria, were welcome to fight alongside the Russian army in Ukraine.
Explained: Who are Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's foes?Assad, with the help of Russia and Iran-backed forces, has all but crushed a mainly Sunni Muslim armed opposition that evolved from peacefu...
Syria: Assad dynasty's half century in powerHafez al-Assad, Syria's defence minister and the father of Bashar al-Assad, takes power in a military coup on November 16, 1970 that ousts ...
Delhi BJP vice-president Sardar Kulwant Singh Baath resignsDelhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari said no decision has been taken yet on Baath's resignation. "His resignation letter has been received but a de...
ISIS is reportedly using information leaked by Edward Snowden to evade intelligence authoritiesThe New York Times reported this week that ISIS has "studied revelations from Edward J. Snowden, about how the US gathers information on mi...
Maharashtra Assembly Polls 2014: Nitin Gadkari, Devendra Fadnavis put an end to speculation over CM postAnother possible contender, Pankaja Munde, the daughter of the late Gopinath Munde, is said to have agreed to support Fadnavis.
- Syrian President names Adel Safar to form new government
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad named Adel Safar, an ex-agriculture minister to form a new government after protests left dozens dead.
- Iraq shows progress on only one benchmark: Report
Iraq shows progress in efforts to let former members of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party to rejoin the political process.