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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 overthrown by Syrian rebels in December 2024.
As many in Syria celebrated the end of the long rule of Bashar al-Assad, rumors swirled about his whereabouts. After a day of intrigue, the mystery was solved when Russian state media announced he ...
The Assad family ruled Syria with an iron grip, locking up those who dared to question their rule. The country is now largely under the control of an insurgent group named Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or ...
Bashar al-Assad and his family are now in Moscow, Russian state-owned news agency TASS is reporting, citing a source in the Kremlin. PHOTO: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad attends the ...
The world now knows the colors of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s parachute: the Russian tricolor. Assad’s flight to Moscow following the swift collapse of his regime means more than just ...
Bashar Assad. The Western-educated ophthalmologist initially raised hopes that he would be unlike his strongman father, Hafez, when he took power in 2000, including freeing political prisoners and allowing for a more open discourse. But when protests of his rule erupted in March 2011, Assad turned to brutal tactics to crush dissent.
Asaad Hassan al-Shaybani (Arabic: أسعد حسن الشيباني, romanized: Asʿad Ḥasan al-Shaybānī) is a Syrian politician who serves as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates in the Syrian Transitional Government since 21 December 2024 under Prime Minister Mohammed al-Bashir, following the fall of the Assad regime.
Damascus and Assad now in Syrian rebels' sights. Inside Aleppo: Family reunions, nervousness at rebel rule and fear of war. What is happening in north-western Syria and why now?