Judicial authorities in France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and the Netherlands have initiated proceedings against agents ...

Germany has convicted several Assad government officials under the principle of universal jurisdiction, which allows for ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany's conservative party and front-runner to be the country's next chancellor, wants ...

Former German finance minister Christian Lindner has called for Syrian refugees in Germany to return to their home country ...

This account of al-Assad’s fall, much of which has not been previously reported, is based on interviews with Syrian, Iranian, ...

A German court handed a 10-year jail term to a Syrian former militia leader on Wednesday for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed under former president Bashar al-Assad.

Over 100,000 people are believed to be buried in mass graves in Syria, exposing the ‘machinery of death’ run by the ousted ...

Despite the legal and political barriers to prosecution, human rights experts are optimistic that al-Assad and regime ...

European countries rapidly froze asylum claims after Assad's fall but Syrian refugees may have reason not to rush home ...

Germany plans talks with representatives of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in Damascus on Tuesday, the foreign ministry said, ...

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 ...

Assad's statement on Monday appeared to contradict the announcement made by the Russian foreign ministry after the Kremlin had granted asylum to the former Syrian leader. The ministry said that Assad ...