The New Yorker24d
The Fall of Assad’s Syria
President Bashar al-Assad, and his late father and predecessor, Hafez, were omnipresent forces, glaring down from the many billboards, posters, and statues that were felled this week with all the ...
New York Post23d
Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and family in Moscow after Russia granted them asylum: reports
offers support for Syrian people as US hits ISIS strongholds in moment of ‘risk and uncertainty’ Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and family in Moscow after Russia granted them asylum: reports Gunmen ...
Yahoo26d
Bashar al-Assad’s regime will not survive long if rebels keep on
Rebel fighters take pot shots at a Bashar al-Assad poster in Hama - BAKR ALKASEM/AFP via Getty Image They might pursue other avenues first. The rebels could turn West, towards Russian military ...
Newsweek23d
Bashar al-Assad Is in Moscow, Says Russian State Media
Deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad went to Russia, a key ally to the fallen regime, after fleeing his country following the collapse of the Assad government to the rebels, according to ...
CNN24d
Who is Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian leader whose family ruled with an iron fist for more than 50 years?
Syria’s iron-fisted leader Bashar al-Assad is the second generation of an autocratic family dynasty that held power for more than five decades and his disappearance amid a lightning rebel ...
New York Post22d
Inside now-exiled President Bashar al-Assad’s abandoned mansion in Syria — and his new life in Russia
President Bashar al-Assad has left Syria behind, fleeing to Russia with his family and leaving his once-impenetrable Damascus mansion to be ransacked by militants and rebels. Members of Jaish al ...
Yahoo22d
Bashar al-Assad Flees Syria
An anti-government fighter tears down a portrait of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo after rebels and their allies entered the northern Syrian city on November 30, 2024. (Photo by ...
The New York Times24d
The Campaign by Syrian Rebels to Topple Assad Was Swift
President Bashar al-Assad had kept opposition forces at bay for a decade with help from Russia and Iran. But rebels struck at a moment of weakness for those countries. By Neil MacFarquhar The ...
Al-Monitor25d
Is the 'writing on the wall' for Syria's Assad?
Syria's Bashar al-Assad hung on to power longer than many critics expected after launching a brutal opposition crackdown in March 2011, but his days may now really be numbered — Mohammed AL-RIFAI More ...
Wall Street Journal23d
Bashar al-Assad, an Ophthalmologist Who Became a Dictator, Is the Last of a Despotic Dynasty
Bashar al-Assad was never expected to rule Syria. That job was meant for his older brother, Basil, who trained as a military commander while Bashar studied to be an ophthalmologist. He wasn’t ...
Fox News22d
Here is who is vying for power in Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad
The fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, the culmination of years of civil war, has given way to a power vacuum with different factions protecting their own interests – and vying for power ...