The hopes of liberalization raised at the start of Hafez al-Assad's son's rule were short-lived. Urged by his family, the ...

Albany Symphony has announced its 2025-2026 season, which features masterworks including Stravinsky's The Firebird Suite, Holst's The Planets, Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2, Beethoven's Violin ...

Albany Symphony unveiled its 2025-2026 season featuring teenaged prodigies, major works by Stravinsky and Holst, commissions ...

The son of deposed Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has confirmed that a post detailing his and his family’s final night in Damascus before the regime was ousted was written by him.

Residents in southern Syria are worried about an emboldened ISIS, following the fall of the Assad regime ...

Maher Assad is a Syrian former military officer who served as commander of the Syrian Army's elite 4th Armoured Division and has disappeared since the ousting of the former Syrian regime as no ...

AS NEWS OF the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime and the dictator’s flight spread over the weekend, many Syrians rushed to the public squares to celebrate. In Damascus, women draped in the ...

Javier Assad #72 of the Chicago Cubs pitches during the first inning against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on September 25, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Tim Nwachukwu/Gett ...

After Islamist-led rebels ousted Assad on December 8, the orchestra’s rehearsals and concerts were halted as Syria embarked on a delicate transition away from decades of one-family rule enforced ...

Two major Syrian opposition groups who worked for years against the government of now-toppled dictator Bashar al-Assad have ...

The world has so many extraordinary buildings that would blow your mind but there's one in China that would leave you speechless. Dating back all the way to 1406, this place is one of the most ...