Rifaat, in his late 80s, was brother to Assad’s father, the late president Hafez al-Assad, and led elite forces that crushed a 1982 Muslim Brotherhood uprising in the city of Hama, killing more than ...

Rifaat al-Assad, known as the “Butcher of Hama” for overseeing the violent suppression of a rebellion in the 1980s, has been accused of war crimes by Swiss prosecutors. Rifaat al-Assad ...

Hundreds of Delawareans are expected to take to the more than 60 hiking trails across Delaware State Parks when the calendar turns to 2025. Many will do so on one of the state parks' Jan.

HAMA, Syria — For more than four decades, the Assad family made sure that the horrors it committed here stayed unspeakable — killing tens of thousands of Hama residents over a savage month ...

23-24, when some analysts expect it to hike short-term interest rates. The Tokyo core consumer price index (CPI), which excludes volatile fresh food costs, rose 2.4% in December from a year ...

Scores of Syrian Christians protested in the capital Damascus on Tuesday, demanding greater protections for their religious minority after a Christmas tree was set on fire in the city of Hama a ...

To the editor: I love the kind of defiance shown by the people hiking the trails closed on Mt. Baldy after the Bridge fire. As the saying goes, you can’t fix stupid. (“The feds closed Mt.

As we slowly warmed back to life after the windy November downpour, the regulars steadily realized we were hiking across their state, endeavoring to finish the 1,200-mile Ice Age Trail before the ...

We’d never teach someone to throw a ball without loading into their trail leg and pushing to their lead leg, but we see that pattern in the golf swing all the time. : From our assessment ...

When bikes are so expensive, skimping on footwear seems like a no brainer. But slippery shoes are a recipe for a shinner, or worse. For this review my testers and I rode downhill, enduro, park, and ...

Unidentified gunmen attacked a Greek Orthodox church in Hama, Syria, on Wednesday, firing shots, attempting to remove the cross, and damaging the church's walls. While no one was injured, the attack ...

New trails include a family-friendly trail for all levels of cyclists, and more advanced trails — including the Igo and Ono trails on the Bureau of Land Management’s Swasey Recreation Area.