Less than two weeks after Ahmad al-Sharaa ousted Bashar al-Assad in Syria, a U.S. State Department delegation arrived in ...

In a stunning shift in Middle Eastern politics, Syria, under the leadership of Bashar al-Assad, has rejoined the Arab League after 12 years of political isolation. This dramatic turn of events was ...

Bashar al-Assad was not originally poised to be his father’s successor. However, he moved into that role after his older ...

Bashar al-Assad is the second son of Hafez al-Assad, a military officer who led a coup in 1970 and ruled Syria for nearly 30 years. Born in Damascus, the younger Assad was just 5 years old when ...

Ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad assured his forces that the Russian army was coming to their aid against the rebels just hours before fleeing in secret to Moscow.

Since the overthrow of the dictator Bashar al-Assad, business owners have been waiting for Washington to ease sanctions and pave the way for an economic renewal. By Raja Abdulrahim Page 1 of 10 ...

Two weeks after Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was overthrown, the scope of Assad's decades-long abuse of human rights is coming into clearer focus. Imtiaz Tyab reports from Damascus. Dec 22, 2024 ...

Under Assad, Syria’s biggest regional benefactor was Iran, but since the Oct. 7 attacks, it has withstood Israeli military strikes and watched its Palestinian ally, Hamas, also weakened by Israel.