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Several family members of the Syrian leader Bashar Assad may face criminal charges, including laundering hundreds of millions of euros, running a criminal organization, and smuggling historical artifacts, legal documents showed Friday. According to documents filed at Spain’s National Court, National

More than 29,000 children have been killed during the eight-year-long Syrian civil war, most of whom were the victims of the Syrian regime forces, according to a report released Wednesday. The Syrian Network for Human Rights report released ahead of World

The U.S. special representative for Syria will travel to Turkey with a delegation on Friday to discuss the current situation in northern Syria. According to a statement by the Department of State, the U.S. delegation led by Jeffrey will hold meetings

A senior Turkish official said Turkey has captured the older sister of the slain leader of Daesh in northwestern Syria, calling the arrest an intelligence “gold mine.” Little is known about the sister of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The Turkish official said

Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday said the U.S. will evacuate roughly 1,000 troops from northern Syria amid Turkey’s Operation Peace Spring. Esper said President Donald Trump ordered U.S. forces to move south of the Turkish operation area, but not leave

The U.N. Security Council failed to agree on a statement on Turkey’s counterterrorism operation in Syria at a closed meeting to discuss the action Thursday. The U.S. and Russia vetoed a statement by five European members — France, Germany, Belgium, Britain and Poland — condemning