In a series of posts on an X account attributed to her, Syria’s former first lady Asma al-Assad wished the Syrian people ...

The transitional process will be fraught with challenges, but the Syrian people deserve a peaceful, stable and prosperous ...

Iran emerged from its eight-year war with Iraq (1980-1988) battered: its economy in shambles, no allies to count on, a ...

The hopes of liberalization raised at the start of Hafez al-Assad's son's rule were short-lived. Urged by his family, the ...

Fared al-Madh'an, former forensic officer in Syria's military police, breaks his silence on smuggling thousands of photos exposing Assad regime atrocities A Syrian whistleblower known as “Caesar ...

Amid the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Iran-Iraq war, the Gulf War and talks with Israel, Hafez al-Assad's top priority was ...

ALBAWABA - An Iraqi woman claiming to be the daughter of Saddam Hussein has taken the internet by storm after posting a video on social media, expressing her readiness to undergo a DNA test to ...

Hafez al-Assad, an Air Force general belonging to the Shiite offshoot Alawite sect, took power in a 1970 coup. Over the next 30 years, he consolidated his rule with an iron fist, most notably in ...

It will be Sharaa's first official visit abroad since he assumed power after leading a rebel campaign that ousted Bashar al-Assad in December. Sharaa, an Islamist who was once an affiliate of al Qaeda ...

The former insurgents also threw out Syria’s constitution, adopted under Assad, saying a new charter would be drafted soon. The appointment of Ahmad al-Sharaa, who was once aligned with al-Qaida ...

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