The son of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad posted about his family’s final days in Damascus before the rebel takeover ...

For decades, schoolchildren began their day with a song of praise to Hafez al-Assad, “our eternal leader.” He died in 2000. He was succeeded by his son Bashar, who received similar praises.

SHOCKING pictures have revealed Bashar al-Assad's trove ... The fall of Assad ignited jubilant celebrations across Syria, with statues of Assad and his father, Hafez, toppled in acts of defiance.

Series'The al-Assad saga' (4/4). The hopes of liberalization raised at the start of Hafez al-Assad's son's rule were short-lived. Urged by his family, the heir chose the status quo and ...

In light of the December 8 ouster of Bashar al-Assad, "we can talk at last", he said. On February 2, 1982, amid an information blackout, Assad's father and then leader Hafez launched a crackdown in ...

the late Bassel (left), and Bashar, in Bikrama, in the Alawite mountains, Syria, on October 5, 2008. ED KASHI / VII / REDUX-RÉA Hafez al-Assad demanded a return to the situation that had ...

Syria’s new authorities have announced the arrest of Atif Najib, a former senior security officer and cousin of ousted President Bashar al ... his late father, Hafez al-Assad.

Donald Trump’s pick to oversee 18 intelligence agencies with a $100 billion spy budget is facing renewed scrutiny over an ...

A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 uprising has been detained inside Syria, according to state news agency SANA.

At the heart of Hafez al-Assad’s rise to power was Mohamed Deeb Daboul (known ... that safeguarded the regime against both internal and external threats. When Bashar Assad succeeded his father, Daboul ...