DAMASCUS: Syrian authorities arrested on Thursday a former security officer and cousin of ousted leader Bashar

The new leadership of the country said the rebel coalition leader, Ahmed al-Shara, would serve as president during a transitional period.

DAMASCUS, - Syrian authorities have arrested a former senior security officer and cousin of ousted leader Bashar al-Assad credited by some with sparking the country's 2011 uprising due to a crackdown on protests in the southern city of Daraa, state media said.

HOMS: Weeping, Fairuz Shalish grasps the red earth at an unmarked grave in Syria that she believes may hold her son, one of tens of thousands of people who vanished under ousted president Bashar al-As

QARDAHA, LATAKIA, Syria — There is a long, winding road leading to what was once the family home of ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad just outside Latakia on Syria's Mediterranean coast.

More than a decade after fleeing civil war and squalor halfway around the world, two families had hoped to finally reunite in St. Louis to build

Sharaa, said on Thursday he will form an inclusive transitional government representing diverse communities that

A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 uprising has been detained inside Syria, according to state news agency SANA.

DAMASCUS: Visiting Qatari Emir Sheikh Tam­im bin Hamad Al-Thani emphasised the “urgent need” to form an inclusive Syrian government during a meeting on Thursday with the country’s new interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa, the Qatari royal court said.

BEIRUT, - Former allies and self-declared enemies of Syria's ousted president Bashar al-Assad are flooding the country's digital space with disinformation aimed at destabilising the fragile new order by sparking sectarian strife, analysts say.

Our principle of impartiality is being challenged.” Aid groups are increasingly seen as protecting the gangs, leading them to become targeted by the police and self-defence groups. Our ability to deliver compelling,

President Ahmed al-Shara vowed to be inclusive, but the way crucial decisions have been made has left some Syrians wary.