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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.
It was only last Sunday that President Bashar al-Assad fled the country as rebels entered Damascus. Syrians have since torn down statues of Assad and ripped back the veil from his murderous regime.
After less than two weeks of fighting across Syria’s northwest, rebel groups swiftly seized control of the capital. Their presence seemed to catch the regime off guard, forcing Assad to flee to ...
A portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is seen on a building in Damascus, Syria, on December 7. (Omar Sanadiki/AP) As many in Syria celebrated the end of the long rule of Bashar al-Assad ...
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]
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 ...
MORE: Middle East live updates: Syrian rebels claim Assad has fled Damascus. Assad oversaw Syria's slide into brutal civil war in 2011. His security forces sought to crush a mass protest movement ...
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 ...