Bashar al-Assad[a] (born 11 September 1965) is a Syrian politician and military officer who served as the president of Syria from 2000 until his government was overthrown in the Syrian …

Relations were mostly poor during the Ba'athist regimes of Hafez al-Assad and Saddam Hussein, though Hafez's son Bashar al-Assad significantly improved relations. New diplomatic relations …

On December 8, 2024, armed rebels took the Syrian city of Damascus, forcing long-time ruler President Bashar al-Assad to flee the country. The move comes after 13 years of civil war and...

Dec 7, 2024 · A Syrian rebel fighter holds a weapon as he keeps position near a defaced portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the city of Hama after insurgents captured the central …

As a rebel coalition advanced towards Damascus, reports emerged that Bashar al-Assad fled the capital aboard a plane to Russia, where he joined his family, already in exile, and was granted …

Dec 9, 2024 · For half a century, the Assad family ruled over Syria with an iron fist, with long-documented reports of mass incarceration torture, extra-judicial killings and atrocities against …

Dec 12, 2024 · Assad wasn’t nearly as ostentatious as his fellow dictator Saddam, whose monstrous palaces in Iraq were slathered with tacky gold. But the Syrians now exploring …

Dec 8, 2024 · BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad fled the country on Sunday, bringing to a dramatic close his nearly 14-year struggle to hold onto control as his country …

Dec 18, 2024 · Euphoria around the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad over the weekend mixed with uncertainty about the future of the country and the intentions of the rebels who now hold …

Jul 24, 2023 · Though Bashar al-Assad warmed relations after coming to power in 2000, the defeat of Saddam Hussein by the US in 2003 saw a return to strained ties, as Damascus …