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Syria’s ousted leader Bashar al-Assad was sentenced to death in absentia by the courts in Damascus Tuesday. The fugitive was convicted of crimes against humanity during Syria’s 14-year civil war, which left nearly half a million people dead.

Over the past decade, Canada has absorbed more than 100,000 Syrian refugees. They fled a deadly and destructive civil war, but after the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in 2024, many have decided to return home and rebuild. The destruction they’re faced with in their homeland is immense. The World Bank estimates Syria needs nearly...

WestJet cancelled dozens of flights across the country Saturday, as the deadline looms for potential strike action by thousands of the airline’s flight attendants. And in the tiny Spanish territory of Ceuta, the death toll has risen after more than 60,000 migrants crossed from Morocco. While the United States and Iran trade strikes in the...

Three Americans died in an attack in central Syria on Saturday, the first U.S. fatalities since the fall of former president Bashar al-Assad. U.S. President Donald Trump has promised serious retaliation.

Military parades were organized on Monday in Syria to mark the first anniversary of Bashar al-Assad’s fall. Assad fled Syria for Russia a year ago as rebels commanded by Syria’s new president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, seized Damascus and ended his rule, more than 13 years into a war that spiralled out of an uprising against Assad.

In Syria, polls have closed in the country’s first parliamentary elections since dictator Bashar al-Assad was overthrown last year. This is an important test for the country’s new leadership as it tries to move from revolution to governance. As Mike Armstrong explains, there is some skepticism over the unusual voting process.

Prime Minister Mark Carney heads to Washington on Monday for his second high-stakes face-to-face meeting with the U.S. President. Pressure is mounting on Carney to find an off-ramp from U.S. tariffs that are hammering Canadian steel, aluminum and auto industries, among others. Protests erupted across the U.S. on Sunday against President Donald Trump’s plans to...

Russian and Syrian air forces held joint air strike simulation drills across Syria, the Russian defence ministry said on Tuesday. Russian forces have been present in Syria since 2015 when they helped turn the tide in a civil war in favour of President Bashar al-Assad.

In Syria, more than 200 people have been killed within two days of fighting between the new government’s security forces and gunmen loyal to former leader, Bashar al-Assad. As Jeff Semple reports, the battles threaten to upend Syria’s fragile peace.

Syria’s next chapter is deeply uncertain after President Bashar al-Assad’s brutal regime was toppled. It’s not clear whether the Syrian people will really be free. Redmond Shannon reports on how Israel says it’s taking measures to prevent extremists from getting their hands on Assad’s military hardware.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has dismissed claims his army had an arsenal of chemical weapons, calling an apparent attack on civilians last month a ‘farce’ and saying that even if he did have a stockpile of banned weapons, they would not be used.

Despite the uncertain circumstances of Syria’s new governing power after rebels seized the capital Damascus, citizens and refugees alike are celebrating the end of President Bashar al-Assad’s five-decade-spanning reign. “We were scared, terrified and living a nightmare, as if we were inside a big prison,” Idlib resident Mohammed Zaher said on Monday.

Friends of a woman who died from stage IV breast cancer call for better screening for women with dense breasts, Premier Houston meets with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau,, and the Syrian community in Nova Scotia celebrates the downfall of Bashar al-Assad.

Youth advocate demands an overhaul of seclusion rooms in schools, local businesses respond to federal tax holiday, and the Syrian community in the Maritimes celebrates the downfall of Bashar al-Assad.

Syria said Saturday that Israeli rockets had been fired towards Damascus overnight, the latest in mounted attacks by Israel to counter the influence of Iran, which backs Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Rebels opposed to President Bashar al-Assad roamed the streets of Syrian city of Aleppo on Friday night, saying they have liberated it from al-Assad’s hold. “By God’s will and the efforts of the fighters, Aleppo is now under full control,” said Mohammed Izzo, an opposition fighter from Aleppo who left in 2016. He added, “I...

An international war crimes prosecutor said on Tuesday that evidence emerging from mass grave sites in Syria has exposed a state-run “machinery of death” under toppled leader Bashar al-Assad in which he estimated more than 100,000 people were tortured and murdered since 2013. Speaking after visiting two mass grave sites in the towns of Qutayfah...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau now says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has no place in Syria’s future. As Jeff Semple reports, the White House says more military action in Syria is possible.

Nikki Haley, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, accused Russia and Iran of allowing Bashar al-Assad to continuously cross the line of “human decency” and aiding in the “murders” of civilians.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Thursday, Russia should reconsider their relationship with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after a chemical weapons attack that killed scores of people.