Is Russia ramping up its presence in Syria?

Russia could be preparing to put combat aircraft in Syria, presumably to conduct strikes against forces fighting Assad regime

• Sep 4, 2015

Syrian authorities arrest member of Assad family

Local official says standard legal measures will apply as rare protests kick off in coastal stronghold of president

• Aug 11, 2015

Is the Syrian civil war hampering anti-ISIS recruitment?

Defense Secretary Ash Carter tells CBS News' Margaret Brennan that finding Syrians who want to fight ISIS - rather than the Syrian regime - is difficult

• Jun 23, 2015

2 brothers' epic escape from Syria to a new life

Mohammed and Khaleel Turani didn't see a future in Damascus, but starting fresh in Germany could have cost them their lives

• Jun 3, 2015

Amnesty: Assad's barrel bombs have killed 11,000

Human rights group says gov't and rebels have committed abuses, but regime has brought "sheer terror and unbearable suffering"

• May 5, 2015

Is Syria's Assad losing power?

The recent weakening of Syrian government forces could mean a shift in the civil war

• May 2, 2015

Damning new accusations against Assad regime

Activists say military has used two different indiscriminate weapons on town near rebel front line in north, killing 20 civilians

• Apr 30, 2015

Syrian rebels capture main border crossing with Jordan

Capture of the Nasib crossing is the latest in a series of setbacks for President Bashar Assad's forces

• Apr 2, 2015

From the archives: Syria under the Assad dynasty

Dig into the 60 Minutes archives for informative backgrounders on the Assad family's rule of Syria

• Mar 29, 2015

Assad: chlorine gas, barrel bomb claims "propaganda"

As Syria war enters 5th year, President Bashar al-Assad answers Charlie Rose's questions about some of the most serious accusations against the embattled leader

• Mar 27, 2015

Bashar al Assad says he's "open" to dialogue with U.S.

In an interview for "60 Minutes," CBS News' Charlie Rose spoke with the Syrian leader about the war which has torn his country apart for more than 4 years

• Mar 26, 2015

Dangerous "uphill battle" to save Syria's history

Every world heritage site in Syria has been looted, but a professor from Ohio and his team are racing to save what they can

• Mar 20, 2015

"We are losing our future": The human cost of Syria's civil war

One of the few doctors left in Aleppo describes the frantic effort to save people injured in airstrikes, more than half of them children

• Mar 19, 2015

Clarissa Ward on 4 years of civil war in Syria

"The world really left Syria to its own devices," says Ward, and with ISIS now the focus of attention, Bashar Assad continues his massacre "with impunity"

• Mar 16, 2015

Syria's Assad dismisses Kerry's remarks on negotiating

Kerry said U.S. pushing Assad regime for political solution to war; Assad calls overture "bubbles that disappear after some time"

• Mar 16, 2015