Second son 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.

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

Al-Assad takes the oath before parliament as president of Syria after winning an overwhelming vote in a nationwide referendum to take over the post held by his late father Hafez for 30 years.

On the eve of his capital’s fall, Bashar al-Assad climbed into a Russian armoured vehicle with his eldest son Hafez and drove away, leaving relatives, friends and loyalists frantically searching ...

How Bashar al-Assad’s downfall, once unlikely, became inevitable.

Hafez al-Assad, the father, ruled from 1970. The bullet holes give you a sense of how he's remembered. Then, in the year 2000, the son, Bashar, continued the brutal police state.

Images of Bashar al-Assad and his family were emblematic of the dynasty’s grip on Syria. Though remnants linger after the regime’s ouster, the removal of the once ubiquitous relics has offered ...

Like the son who succeeded him, Hafez al-Assad tolerated little dissent with oppression widespread and periodic bouts of extreme state violence.

Bashar Hafez al-Assad Biography Bashar Hafez al-Assad is a Syrian politician who has been the President of Syria since 17 July 2000. In addition, he is commander-in-chief of the Syrian Armed ...

Syria’s Bashar al-Assad fled the country on Sunday, bringing to a dramatic close his nearly 14-year struggle to hold onto control as his country fragmented in a brutal civil war that became a ...