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The Assad family, c. 1993.Front: Anisa Makhlouf and Hafez al-Assad.Rear, left to right: Maher, Bashar, Bassel, Majd, and Bushra al-Assad. The Assad family had ruled Syria since 1971, when Hafez al-Assad seized power and became the president of Syria under the Syrian Ba'ath Party.
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.
Here’s what happened in Syria, what it means, and what might come next. ... Assad is the second generation of an autocratic family dynasty that held power in Syria for more than five decades.
The regime's collapse marks an end to a 24-year reign, Assad having succeeded his father Hafez al-Assad in 2000. The Assad family had ruled Syria since 1971. Assad oversaw Syria's slide into ...
After 13 years of Syria’s grinding civil war, the regime of President Bashar al-Assad is gone, the dictator fleeing his country in the face of a sensational advance by rebel forces.
Syrian rebels ousted President Bashar al-Assad and seized control of Damascus on Sunday, forcing him to flee and ending his family's decades of rule after more than 13 years of civil war in a ...
Assad Mausoleum in Qardaha, Syria, before its destruction in 2024. He was buried in a mausoleum in his hometown Qardaha in Latakia Governorate, beside his eldest son Bassel al-Assad who died in 1994. On 11 December 2024, the mausoleum was set on fire by Syrian rebels following the overthrow of his son and successor Bashar al-Assad in the Syrian ...
BEIRUT (AP) — The last time Syrian President Bashar Assad was in serious trouble was 10 years ago, at the height of the country’s civil war, when his forces lost control over parts of the ...