Bashar al-Assad rose to power in 2000 following the death of his father, who had ruled Syria for 30 years. Initially trained as an eye doctor in London, Bashar was not groomed to lead. According ...
From our special correspondent in Syria – A month after Bashar al-Assad's regime collapsed ... On his face, a black eye. On his back, large bruises. Ali*, a young man in his early twenties ...
When Islamist rebel forces in Syria marched into Damascus and stormed the palace of Bashar al-Assad on Sunday ... dictator’s private stash. One eagle-eye commenter pointed to a coveted Mercedes ...
Vladimir Putin allegedly "stopped taking calls" from the former Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad ... to the Middle East Eye. The former Syrian aide said that Assad had visited Moscow before ...