The downfall of Syria's tyrant leader Bashar al-Assad has marked a dramatic end to over half a century of his family's brutal rule. Rebel groups, including Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, made significant ...

Anisa Makhlouf, widow of the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and mother of Bashar, may keep a low profile, but she holds the final say on all matters within the Assad family. "Decisions are ...

How a gangly eye doctor became a brutal dictator presiding over 13 years of carnage that claimed the lives of over half a million people ...

Anisa Makhlouf, widow of the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and mother of Bashar, may keep a low profile, but she holds the final say on all matters within the Assad family. "Decisions are made ...

In a dramatic and symbolic act, rebels in Qardaha, the hometown of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, have torched the Assad ...

Asma, much to the disgust of Assad’s mother, Anisa Makhlouf, was by his side. Born and raised in a nondescript pebble dash house in nondescript Acton in 1975, still carrying the faintest hint of ...

Then Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and his wife Anisa Makhlouf with their children (L-R) Maher, Bashar, Bassel, Majd and Bushra. (AFP image) Alawites emerge predominant Hafez consolidated power ...

When Bashar took over in 2000, various members of the family – such as his younger brother Maher al-Assad, who served as a ...

Anisa Makhlouf – the widow of former president Hafez al-Assad – also retained influence. “Decisions are made collectively in the family’s inner circle, but Anisa has the last say,” said ...