Syria's ousted president Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia with his family after a rebel coalition swept into Damascus and ...

Assad, who wielded fear and force over Syria for more than two decades, fled the country under the cover of night — and a ...

Assad, an ophthalmologist who graduated from Damascus University (Syria) and specialised at the Western Eye Hospital in London (UK), had a sudden career shift to politics and became Syria's President ...

This is a historic opportunity for the long-suffering people of Syria to build a better life,” said Ambassador ...

When Israel seized the strategic Golan Heights from Syria in 1967, many families were separated by a buffer zone created ...

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

Hours before rebel forces seized Damascus and toppled his government on Sunday, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was already out of the country, telling hardly anyone, five former officials told AFP.

Bashar al-Assad and wife Asma, in Paris in 2008 DOMINIQUE FAGET Bashar al-Assad's brutal rule over Syria came to a sudden end on December 8, 2024, after a lightning rebel offensive swept across ...

Syrian rebel fighters have destroyed the tomb of late president Hafez al-Assad, father of ousted president Bashar, in the family's hometown. Videos verified by the BBC showed armed men chanting as ...