Bashar al-Assad was the 19th president of Syria, entering office in 2000 succeeding his father Hafez al-Assad as the country's leader and as head of the Ba'ath Party. He was ousted in December 2024 by ...

In July, a Syrian court sentenced former dictator Bashar Assad to death for crimes against his own people. But after 14 years of civil war, many survivors are demanding more when it comes to ...

Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was sentenced to death by a Damascus court on Tuesday, after being found guilty on charges of murder, torture and incitement to murder. His brother Maher ...

The judge who sentenced Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia last week was himself sentenced to death in absentia by the same regime years earlier. Judge Fakhr al-Din al-Aryan ...

Former air officers, including an air force general, were arrested in a series of operations.

Major-General Mohammed Ali Durgham is accused of links to 1982 Hama massacre and 2011 protest crackdown.

Lebanese authorities detained Suleiman Assad and Ali Zeiter near Baalbek over alleged weapons and drug offences. The case sharpens focus on Syrian regime-linked figures in Lebanon after Assad rule ...

Missing US journalist Austin Tice was betrayed by his trusted driver and handed off to ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s dictatorship in a calculated operation that was planned for months, ...

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Bashar al-Assad is the former president of Syria who held power for decades before his government was overthrown during a rebel offensive. Assad fled to Moscow and was granted political asylum after ...

'Syria after Assad' (2/4). Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's dictatorial regime one year ago, more than 1.2 million exiled Syrians have returned home. The journey back has often been extremely ...