The rebel chief who led the overthrow of the longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad has been declared the head of government for a transitional period.

DAMASCUS - Almost 30% of the millions of Syrian refugees living in Middle Eastern countries want to return home in the next year, following the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, up from almost none last year,

New Damascus leadership says it's ready to cooperate with UN force, deploy troops to Golan to adhere to 1974 agreement that created a demilitarized zone Israel has now seized

A devastating report from the UN Syria Commission of Inquiry has shed light on systematic arbitrary detention, torture, and enforced disappearances carried out by the former Syrian Government, labelling them crimes against humanity and war crimes.

Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has been named president for the "transitional period", state media report, seven weeks after he led the rebel offensive that overthrew Bashar al-Assad.

Ahmad al-Sharaa, Syria's new strongman since December 8, has been appointed as the country's interim president. He has been tasked with forming a "temporary" legislative council, whose mandate will last throughout the "transition period." This phase's duration was not specified.

In less than two months, Syria’s Ahmed al-Sharaa has risen from rebel leader to interim president, after his Islamist group led a lightning offensive

ISTANBUL, Jan 29 (Bernama-AA) -- The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Refugees called on the international community Tuesday to lift sanctions on Syria and help the country rebuild following the ouster of Bashar al-Assad, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported.

The UN's high commissioner for refugees called during a visit to Lebanon on Thursday for the "sustainable" return of Syrian refugees to their home country following the ouster of former president Bashar al-Assad.

Wafa Mustafa had long dreamed of returning to Syria but the absence of her father tarnished her homecoming more than a decade after he disappeared in Bashar al-Assad's jails.

Syrian rebel leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has declared himself president, cancelled the constitution and disbanded the national army and all opposition parties and armed groups, including his own, in a step toward transitioning away from the era of Bashar al-Assad.

After the ouster of Syria's longtime leader Bashar al-Assad last month, Israel's military has taken up a new post in the demilitarized buffer zone created in Syria after the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.