Images taken just after the precipitous end of the civil war reveal a secret legacy that is just becoming visible.

Hundreds of members of the main Syrian insurgent group that overthrew former President Bashar Assad from power marched through the streets of the capital in a show of force.

This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.

Pope Francis called for 'arms to be silenced' around the world in his Christmas address on Wednesday, appealing for peace in ...

Pope Francis called for arms to be silenced around the world in his Christmas address, appealing for peace in the Middle East ...

Assad, an ophthalmologist who graduated from Damascus University (Syria) and specialised at the Western Eye Hospital in London (UK), had a sudden career shift to politics and became Syria's President ...

The Assad regime cultivated ethnic and religious divides that threaten Syria's future even after the dynasty's fall.

The U.N. estimates over 100,00 people have ... to the outside walls of Al-Mujtahid Hospital in central Damascus. Every day, since the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, a crowd of mothers ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Bizarre and personal photos of ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad have surfaced from his abandoned residences, sparking ridicule among Syrians who only until recently were ...