This denouement puts an end to half a century of implacable rule by the Assad clan over Syria. In the shadows, Asma al-Assad, the first lady, once praised as the "Rose of the Desert". Who is this ...

Asma al-Assad. File picture ... The next day, December 18, demonstrations broke out across Tunisia as Mohamed El Bouazizi lay in a coma in hospital, dying of his burns. Snowstorms in London ...

The European Union has imposed sanctions on Syria since 2011 in response to the regime's violent crackdown on civilians. As ...

The leader's whereabouts now, as well as those of his wife Asma and their two children ... and down with Bashar al Assad". The rebels have also claimed Deir el Zor in the east, and Suweida ...

The leader's whereabouts now, as well as those of his wife Asma and their two children ... Homs is free", and "Long live Syria and down with Bashar al Assad". The rebels have also claimed Deir el Zor ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that more than 3,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed and ...

Russia’s war in Ukraine continued to grind on with both sides digging in and refusing to give way. Israel has devastated ...

Assad's immediate family, wife Asma and their three children ... Jonathan Saul in London, Maha El Dahan and Nadine Awadalla in Dubai, Laila Bassam in Beirut, Tuvan Gumrukcu in Ankara, Andrew ...