Fear of the regime was so pervasive that Syrians felt they could never speak freely, even in their own homes.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad fled to Moscow on December 8, 2024, ending his authoritarian rule. Isolated from allies and ...

Assad visited Moscow on Nov. 28, a day after Syrian rebel forces attacked the northern province of Aleppo and lightning drive ...

Assad’s remarkable abdication of power, jubilation and fear collide as the country—and the region—faces an uncertain future.

Samir Ousman Alsheikh, 72, allegedly ran Damascus Central Prison from 2005 to 2008, where detained opponents of Assad were ...

Wolff, an expert in international security at the University of Birmingham, believes that Russia’s position in the Middle ...

Assad told his presidential office manager on ... but his pleas for military intervention fell on deaf ears in the Kremlin which was unwilling to intervene, three regional diplomats said.

HORRIFYING footage shows a morgue filled with the brutalised bodies of Bashar al-Assad’s final torture victims. A shocking 35 ...

The writing was on the wall during a Nov. 28 trip to Moscow, where Assad’s pleas to the Kremlin fell on deaf ears as Russia was too busy invading Ukraine, three regional diplomats said.

Assad told his presidential office manager on ... but his pleas for military intervention fell on deaf ears in the Kremlin which was unwilling to intervene, three regional diplomats said.