Amid the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Iran-Iraq war, the Gulf War and talks with Israel, Hafez al-Assad's top priority was ...

As in Venezuela, North Korea, and Russia, deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad’s regime was such a case ... Coming to power in 2000 after the death of his father, Assad’s early promises of political ...

Hayan Hadid was 18 when soldiers arrested him in his pyjamas and took him for execution in Syria's Hama in 1982, during one ...

From Donald Trump being shot at a campaign rally to Bashar al-Assad's shock overthrow, Newsweek writers on the moment of 2024: plus have your say. "I believe there will be violent fighting ...

Under Mr Al Assad and his late father Hafez, whom he succeeded in 2000 ... We walk up to the roof and look out at the remarkable views of Damascus offered by the palace’s location on the slopes of ...

Sharaa, also known by the nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Julani, is the leader of the Hayat Tahrir-al-Sham, the rebel group ...

Under Mr Al Assad and his late father Hafez, whom he succeeded in 2000 ... the palace’s location on the slopes of Mount Qasioun. “Bashar was living in his own world here, he was so far ...

Rebel forces in Syria have unveiled the opulent lifestyle of former President Bashar al-Assad after storming his presidential palace in Damascus. Videos circulated online show a fleet of luxury ...

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik on July 25, 2024, Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad meets with Russian president at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 24 ...

Ahmad al-Sharaa, the leader of the main rebel group who led the overthrow of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, has been named Syria's transitional president, the country's military command announced on ...