Bashar al-Assad [a] (born 11 September 1965) is a Syrian politician, military officer, and former dictator [1] who served as the 19th president of Syria from 2000 until his government was …

Dec 8, 2024 · After more than 13 years of war, hundreds of thousands of people killed and millions displaced, the 24-year rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is over.

Dec 8, 2024 · In the early hours of Sunday morning, opposition forces declared Syria liberated from the rule of President Bashar al-Assad as opposition forces surged into the capital. The …

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 …

5 days ago · Bashar al-Assad is a Syrian dynast who succeeded his father Hafez al-Assad as president of Syria in 2000 and served until 2024, when he was toppled after 13 years of civil war.

1 day ago · DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The Syrian factions that toppled President Bashar Assad last month named an Islamist former rebel leader as the country‘s interim president on …

Dec 10, 2024 · ‘Syria is free’: By 6am on December 8, the fighters declared Damascus liberated, confirming that Bashar al-Assad had fled the country. People quickly dismantled symbols of …

Dec 8, 2024 · 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 …

1 day ago · A fighter with the rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or H.T.S., looked through the office of Bouthaina Shaaban, a senior adviser to the ousted Syrian president, Bashar al …

Dec 9, 2024 · Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad has been forcibly removed from office. The chain of events leading to this outcome began with an offensive in Idlib by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, …