Israeli fighter jets have launched hundreds of airstrikes, while soldiers have seized a buffer zone and captured military ...
When Hafez al-Assad, an Alawite minority member, seized control of the Ba'ath Party in Syria in 1970, he faced a significant ...
ISTANBUL/DAMASCUS, Dec 9 (Reuters) - After 13 years of civil war, Syria's opposition ... five decades of Assad family rule. The lightning advance relied on an almost perfect alignment of stars ...
new video loaded: On the Ground in Damascus as Syrians Chart a New Path In a matter of days, Syria’s capital — once the stronghold of Bashar al-Assad’s government — became the epicenter of ...
Assad’s fall wiped out a bastion from which Iran and Russia exercised influence across the Arab world. Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris ...