Who is Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian leader whose family ruled with an iron fist for more than 50 years?
Syria’s iron-fisted leader Bashar al-Assad is the second generation of an autocratic family dynasty that held power for more ...
Who Set the Stage for al-Assad’s Ouster? There Are Different Answers in the U.S. and Israel.
President Biden says he weakened Russia, Iran and Hezbollah, laying the groundwork for Bashar al-Assad’s ouster. Prime ...
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Al-Assad’s Soldiers Hope for Amnesty. First, They Have to Take a Number.
Syria’s new rulers say they will spare conscripts of Bashar al-Assad and pursue those who oversaw his regime’s abuses. Hundreds are lining up to learn which promise applies to them. Syria’s ...
What lies ahead for Assad and his family?
Assad is married to a dual British-Syrian national, Asma, who was born and raised in west London to Syrian parents. She ...
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Ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad issues his first statement since leaving the country
Ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad planned to keep fighting rebel forces in the country before Russia evacuated him, ...
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Syrians celebrate end of Assad rule, look toward the future: "This feels like a new birth"
This was President Bashar al-Assad's answer to mostly unarmed protests that began in 2011. Many who rose against Assad then, are still here. That's the Zidane family. Mohammed Saeed Zidane (in ...
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Assad assured troops that Russian help was coming — then he fled to Moscow: ‘Didn’t even make a last stand’
Ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad assured his forces that the Russian army was coming to their aid against the rebels just hours before fleeing in secret to Moscow and abandoning his troops ...
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Syrians search for loved ones who vanished under Assad regime
In the days since former President Bashar al-Assad's fall, Syrians have begun the anguished search for family members who vanished under the dictator's regime. Mohammed Saeed Zidane and his wife ...
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‘Tread carefully’: What fall of Assad regime in Syria means for SA
Syrian rebels freed the capital Damascus from President Bashar al-Assad’s dictatorship after a week of military advances ...
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Russian and Syrian Regime Forces Strike Rebel-Held Territory as Assad Faces Biggest Threat in Years
BEIRUT—Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad is facing the most serious challenge to his grip on power in nearly a decade after rebels captured most of the city of Aleppo in a swift offensive that ...
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Who is Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian leader whose family ruled with an iron fist for more than 50 years?
(CNN) — Syria’s iron-fisted leader Bashar al-Assad is the second generation of an autocratic family dynasty that held power for more than five decades and his disappearance amid a lightning ...