Bashar al-Assad - Wikipedia
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 Revolution in 2024.
Iraq–Syria relations - Wikipedia
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 established in November 2006, were heralded as the beginning of an era of close cooperation between Iraq and Syria.
The Assad regime falls. What happens now? - Brookings
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...
As Assad Prepares Last Stand, His Ally Iraq Rules Out Military ...
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 Syrian city,...
Fall of the Assad regime - Wikipedia
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 asylum. [3] . Following Assad's departure, opposition forces declared victory on state television.
After decades of brutal rule, Bashar al-Assad’s regime has been …
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 their own...
Analysis: Assad exhibited little of the tackiness of Iraq’s ... - CNN
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 Assad’s abandoned properties...
The fall of Bashar Assad after 13 years of war in Syria brings to an ...
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 fragmented in a brutal civil war that became a proxy battlefield for …
Syria Civil War: What to Know About the Fall of Bashar al-Assad
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 the capital,...
Iraq: Bashar al-Assad’s other vital ally | Middle East Eye
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 secretly encouraged militants to...