Asma married Bashar al-Assad in December 2000, and they have three children: Hafez, Zein, and Karim. Since the Syrian ...

Assad, has filed for divorce and expressed her desire to return to the United Kingdom, reports The Jerusalem Post quoting ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hafez al-Assad's wife and Bashar's mother Anisa Makhlouf reportedly had a significant influence on the family, wielding enough power to decide on the ousted regime's strategies.

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 ...