The international community recognizes that the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad’s dictatorship in Syria was a major strategic defeat for Russia. Many international observers note that another major loser ...

As the recent ousting of Syrian dictator Bashar Al-Assad proves, no autocracy is permanent—and that includes the regime of ...

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 lightning rebel ...

Bashar al-Assad was never expected to rule Syria. That job was meant for his older brother, Basil, who trained as a military commander while Bashar studied to be an ophthalmologist. He wasn’t ...

Supporting Assad, himself an Alawite, was a matter not of loyalty or politics for this community, the regime insisted, but of ...

The demise of the Syrian regime was marked by internal confusion, last-minute diplomatic wrangling, and the exposure of its ...

The offensive triggered the “death spiral” of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, as a mixed coalition of former rebels, local strongmen, and regular people, suddenly emboldened, captured the southern ...

New Syrian leadership under Ahmed al-Sharaa aims to maintain strong relations with Russia, ensuring military presence remains ...

Azerbaijan’s president accused Russia of trying to cover up its role in a plane crash that killed 38 people, delivering a ...

Bashar al-Assad was never expected to rule Syria. Bashar al-Assad is the second son of Hafez al-Assad, a military officer who led a coup in 1970 and ruled Syria for nearly 30 years. Born in ...