Assad, the ophthalmologist-turned-dictator who ruled Syria with an iron fist. This video examines his early promises of reform, the brutal suppression of dissent during the Damascus Spring, and his ...
Bashar al-Assad was never expected to rule Syria. That job was meant for his older brother, Basil, who trained as a military commander while Bashar studied to be an ophthalmologist. He wasn’t ...
Vladimir Putin allegedly "stopped taking calls" from the former Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, before he was ousted by rebels in December, according to a former aide. Kamel Saqr, who ...
Shoes have been shoved into the mouths of defaced posters of Bashar al-Assad in a show of disrespect against the former dictator - Chris McGrath/Getty The purported act of aggression comes at a ...
Damascus, February 5 (RHC)-- Al Jazeera has published satellite images that show Israel is building out seven military bases ...
Le Monde collected, verified and geolocated dozens of images of mass graves unearthed since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime. They reveal the scale of the Syrian regime's killing machine.