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

The Syrian regime’s collapse came more quickly than the rebels had dreamed — the circumstances were both serendipitous and ...

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 ...

"As illiberal regimes take pointers from one another, the sum of their efforts to suppress information is greater than the ...

The Syria Team The fall of the authoritarian government of Bashar Assad in Syria to rebel fighters came swiftly and ...

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

Bashar Assad and thousands of his henchmen will face trial for the horrific regime inflicted on the Syrian people, says a leading war crimes investigator.

The Assad regime cultivated ethnic and religious divides that threaten Syria's future even after the dynasty's fall.

For the first time since he fled the country he ruled with an iron fist and a willingness to kill his own people to hold power, Bashar al-Assad was heard from. In a statement from exile in Moscow, ...

Ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad appears to have issued his first statement since the fall of his regime over a week ...

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.