The commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, Mazloum Abdi, said in an interview Sunday that he ... A new leader chosen after the fall of Assad The Assad family’s 54-year rule ...

As a new Syrian government navigates shifting relationships, NBC News' Hala Gorani spoke with former Assad soldiers surrendering their weapons in exchange for amnesty. Jan. 29, 2025 Read More ...

But in recent weeks, her vulnerability has grown amid escalating concerns over her 2017 meeting with Syrian dictator Bashar Assad and her history of praising a controversial government whistleblower.

In 2019, she went further, saying in an interview on MSNBC: “Assad is not the enemy of the United States because Syria does not pose a direct threat to the United States.” Gabbard’s official ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — The Syrian factions that toppled President Bashar Assad last month named an Islamist former rebel leader as the country‘s interim president on Wednesday in a push to project ...

Gabbard’s January 2017 meetings with Assad are expected to be one focus of the hearing. She met with Assad after he had been accused of using chemical weapons on his own people. Those meetings ...

New Middle East correspondent Henry Bodkin talks to Venetia Rainey about his recent trip to Syria where he went out on the road with ruling party Hayat Tahrir al-Sham looking for former Assad regime ...

Mazloum Abdi, commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) talks to The Associated Press during an interview in the northeastern Syrian city of Hassakeh, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025.