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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.
Syria is the only country from the original 1979 list to remain continuously on the list to the present day, in large part due to its support to Hezbollah. [124] During the first decade of his rule, Assad sought the removal of Syria from the list by improving ties with the US and Western countries in general. [33]
On November 30, the rebel groups conducted a lightning-fast offensive, killing dozens of government soldiers and taking control of Aleppo, Syria’s second-largest city.. It was the first time ...
In 2011, Assad responded to the regional uprising that came to be known as the Arab Spring with an especially brutal crackdown on pro-democracy forces in Syria.
The ministry did not say where Assad was now and said Russia has not taken part in the talks around his departure. ... to end the crisis in Syria along the lines of the 2015 U.N. Security Council ...
When Bashar al-Assad was toppled on Sunday, it turned the page on not only his 24-year presidency but on more than 50 years of his family ruling Syria. Before Assad took office in 2000, his late ...
Today Syria also closed its only casino, in Damascus. [207] Assad's government offered concessions to Sunnis and Kurds and that teachers would once again be allowed to wear the niqab. [154] The government had also closed the country's only casino. [208] Tens of thousands of Kurds residing in Syria will soon be granted Syrian citizenship. [209]
The Assad family had ruled Syria since 1971. PHOTO: An opposition fighter steps on a broken bust of the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad in Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 8, 2024. (Hussein Malla/AP)