Syria's ousted dictator Bashar Assad and his family were members of the secretive religious minority, and used the community's fears and desires to stay in power.

A senior official from Libya's UN-recognised government met Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus on Saturday and ...

The wife and daughter of one of former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad's cousins have been arrested in Lebanon. They were ...

Putin apologises over Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash – but refuses to admit fault - The US says North Korean troops are ...