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

Syria’s iron-fisted leader Bashar al-Assad is the second generation of an autocratic family dynasty that held power for more than five decades and his disappearance amid a lighting rebel advance ...

Al-Assad and his father, Hafez, have been accused of a litany of crimes and abuses over the past 54 years, including torture, rape, mass executions, enforced disappearances and chemical attacks.

The offensive triggered the “death spiral” of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, as a mixed coalition of former rebels, local ...

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad arrives in Jeddah, to attend the Arab League summit the following day, Saudi Arabia, May 18, 2023. Bashar appointed family members to key roles, while also giving ...

The liberation of Syria from the clutches of President Bashar al-Assad, after his family ruled the country for 50 years, is an unqualified good.

The Lesson Other Countries Must Take from Assad’s Collapse: After more than 13 years of civil war, the final offensive and collapse of the Assad family’s 53-year rule of Syria took less than ...

The Fall of Bashar Al Assad, in Photos Dramatic change is afoot in Syria, where the newly collapsed regime has opened the door to tension—and hope. TNR was there to capture the scenes.

When Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad fled the country, members of his own minority sect say he left them impoverished and stained with his legacy. Accessibility links. Skip to main content; ...

Asma and Bashar al-Assad at the opening of the 2022 Asian Games. AFP via Getty Images She is so sick “she can’t be in the same room” with hardly anyone else, the source said.

The overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, marking the end of more than 50 years of the Assad dynasty (1971 – 2024), is a dramatic event in the Middle East.