On Dec. 8, 2024, Syrian rebel groups overthrew the regime of former President Bashar al-Assad, leading to the fall of Damascus and Assad's flight to Russia, where he was granted asylum.

The world's first criminal trial on torture in Syria's prisons ended Thursday in Koblenz, Germany — the first time a high-ranking ex-Syrian official faced Syrians in open court in a war crimes case.

Upon learning that Syria’s dynastic dictatorship had fallen, Iman Mohammed, a Syrian refugee living in Germany, felt a surge of elation at the idea that she could return to her homeland.

For example, Raslan fled Syria and moved to Germany in 2014. After migrants arrive in a new country, they have several ways to seek justice for the violence that they sought to escape.

Germany's foreign minister reopened its embassy in Damascus on Thursday, 13 years after it was shut in the early days of Syria’s civil war, saying that Europe needs “eyes and ears” on the ...

Germany reopened its embassy in Syria on Thursday, establishing official diplomatic ties with the new leadership in Damascus as it faces deep humanitarian and security problems in rebuilding the ...

Syrian refugee Monzer Omar, who first spoke with NPR in 2015, has been living in Germany awaiting his wife and young children. After a 10-hour trek out of Syria, they were able to join him in January.

Anwar R. is the most senior alleged former Syrian government official to be put on trial in Europe for serious crimes in Syria. German prosecutors accuse him of overseeing the torture of detainees ...

A German court has convicted a former Syrian regime officer for crimes against humanity, in a first-ever trial of people linked to the government in Damascus. CNN values your feedback 1.

DAMASCUS, Syria — Germany's foreign minister reopened its embassy in Damascus on Thursday, 13 years after it was shut in the early days of Syria’s civil war, ...