The exchange took place at the remote U.S. base in southeastern Syria known as At Tanf garrison, close to the border with Jordan.

Captagon trade under the Assad regime generated billions annually for Syria, according to a 2023 study by the nonprofit Observatory of Political and Economic Networks.

UNICEF official Salim Oweis discusses the needs on the ground in Syria for civilians and children following the collapse of the al-Assad regime.

The parents of Travis Timmerman recall those first moments they heard he was found alive and safe in Syria.

After insurgents toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad this month, many senior officials and members of his dreaded intelligence and security services appear to have melted away

ABC News Chief Foreign Correspondent James Longman reports at Saydnaya prison, where Syrians are searching for their lost loved ones.

Emily Harding of the Center for Strategic and International Studies discusses what Syria’s shift in power means for the Middle East.

The parents of Austin Tice spoke out in an interview with ABC News as the U.S. works to uncover their son’s whereabouts after the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria.

Al-Hamada travelled the world to share his testimony on the horrors of Assad's regime that he experienced in prison.

The U.S. said it believes a person seen in a video circulating online could be Travis Pete Timmerman, an American who went missing from Hungary earlier in the year.

ABC News’ James Longman reports on the fall of the Assad regime and gets up close look inside Assad’s former palace, personal home and infamous prison.

Plus, Donald Trump was named Time’s Person of the Year. Our panel weighs in on the latest headlines.

After seven months in captivity, Travis Timmerman was found wandering barefoot on Monday morning. He's one of thousands freed from prisons since rebel forces ousted the ruthless dictator Bashar Assad.

The armed Islamist faction Hayat Tahrir al-Sham led a revolution toppling Syria's former president, and forcing him to resign and flee to Moscow.

The U.S. believes an individual seen in a video circulating online could be Travis Pete Timmerman, an American who went missing from Hungary earlier in the year.

Family members and friends of thousands of missing Syrians are continuing their search for those disappeared by former President Bashar Assad's regime.

ABC News' Marcus Moore reports on the thousands of families in Syria searching for their loved ones who vanished under Assad's regime.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a speech Wednesday that the U.S. and Israel were behind the fall of former President Bashar Assad.

ABC News’ James Longman reports on families’ frenzied search for loved ones who vanished under Assad’s brutal regime.

Some European Union countries are doubling down on their decision to rapidly halt asylum procedures for Syrian migrants in Europe

The U.S. is communicating with rebel groups inside Syria amid the search for missing American journalist Austin Tice, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said.

Syrians have been searching for their loved ones who vanished under the brutal Assad regime, as leaders of the new government vow to go after former top officials.

Sinam Sherkany Mohamad, the Syrian Democratic Council's representative to the U.S., discusses the escalating fighting between U.S.-backed Kurds and rebel groups supported by Turkey.

ABC News’ James Longman steps inside the ransacked and looted palace in Damascus after rebel forces toppled Bashar Assad’s regime.

Retired Israeli brigadier general Assaf Orion and ABC News’ Britt Clennett discuss the Israel Defense Forces’ airstrikes which have destroyed most of Assad regime army's capability throughout Syria.

Israel is conducting airstrikes on military bases and naval ships to prevent them from falling into the hands of Syrian rebels. ABC News goes inside Assad’s presidential palace and a notorious prison.

During Syria's civil war, human rights groups estimate that over 100,000 Syrians, including children, were held in appalling conditions at the notorious Saydnaya prison.

David Lesch, professor of Middle Eastern history at Trinity University discusses the fall of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime and his authoritarian rule.

ABC News' James Longman tours a palace in Damascus known as "the people's palace."

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy’s Aaron Zellin discusses the future of Syria under Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the group that led the coalition of rebels that defeated Bashar al-Assad’s regime

ABC News’ Marcus Moore and Elizabeth Neumann, the former DHS assistant secretary for counterterrorism, discuss the latest news out of Syria.

Mick Mulroy, former deputy assistant secretary of defense for the Middle East, discusses what happens in the wake of rebel forces toppling the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has granted political asylum to Bashar Assad as rebel fighters continue their assert of power in the country after the collapse of Assad’s regime.

The Biden administration wants to avoid a power vacuum after the rebel takeover.

Syrian rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani said late Monday that his forces "will not hesitate to hold accountable" alleged regime war criminals and torturers.

During Syria's civil war, human rights groups estimate more than 100,000 Syrians from all walks of life - including children - were held in terrible conditions at Assad's notorious Sednaya prison.

Rebel forces in Syria captured the capital city of Damascus and swiftly toppled President Bashar Assad's regime in a rapid advance across the country.

Oil prices climbed 2% on Monday in the wake of the defeat of the Assad regime.

The price of oil rose about 2% in early trading on Monday after Bashar al-Assad’s regime was toppled.

Anna Borshchevskaya is a senior fellow at The Washington Institute and author of “Putin's War in Syria: Russian Foreign Policy and the Price of America's Absence.”

Rebel forces in Syria captured the capital of Damascus and overthrew President Bashar Assad, who fled to Moscow with his family, according to the Kremlin.

Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East Mick Mulroy discusses the impact of rebel forces toppling the regime of President Bashar Assad in Syria.

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan talks about the Biden administration’s response to the fall of Assad's regime and what the future could hold for the country.

Rebel forces in Syria said they have captured four cities in the past 24 hours and entered the capital Damascus.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Monday that the international community was "surprised to see that the opposition forces moved as quickly as they did" in Syria.

The stunning collapse of President Bashar Assad's regime in Syria presents "a moment of historic opportunity," President Joe Biden wrote on X on Sunday.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad reportedly fleed the country after nearly 14 years of bloody civil war. The government was overrun in less than two weeks.

ABC News' Molly Nagle and Patrick Reevell discuss the latest developments from Syria.

A former senior operations officer in the CIA, Darrell Blocker, discusses the rebel takeover in Syria.

An ABC News national security and defense analyst discusses the U.S. strategy in Syria.