The Latest Breaking News from Bashar alAssad

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday told Turkey it was "imperative" to work against a resurgence of the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria following the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

Kurdish authorities have made overtures to Islamist-led rebels who seized power in Syria last week, but the long-oppressed community fears it could lose hard-won gains it made during the war, including limited self-rule.

Call by OPCW comes as Israel continues to strike Syria days after ouster of president by opposition forces.

Bashar al-Assad's government has been accused of carrying out torture, rape, summary executions and other abuses since since Syria's civil war started in 2011.

"Once we got out, there was no resistance," said American pilgrim Travis Timmerman, who was released from a prison in Syria after seven months. The post “Feeling Well”: Missing American Found In Syria After Spending 7 Months In Prison first appeared on Bored Panda.

Travis Timmerman says he was detained after crossing into Syria on a Christian pilgrimage earlier this year.

UN investigators say they have compiled secret lists of 4,000 perpetrators of serious crimes in Syria and hope the fall of Bashar al-Assad will help ensure accountability up to the highest level.

As a new government is set to form in Syria following a sudden coup earlier this week, the United States’ response to the political upheaval appears uncertain.

When Hafez al-Assad, an Alawite minority member, seized control of the Ba'ath Party in Syria in 1970, he faced a significant backlash. The Syrian Constitution stipulated that only Muslims could hold the presidency, and the Alawites were deemed non-Muslim by many Sunni groups.