The tomb of the former Syrian dictator Hafez al-Assad has been set alight, according to numerous reports, just days after an uprising swept his son Bashar from power. Images taken from Qardaha ...

On the slopes of Mount Qasyun which overlooks Damascus, a network of tunnels links a military complex, tasked with defending the Syrian capital, to ...

Follow the latest on Syria A week after Bashar Al Assad fled Syria, bringing down the curtain on a 54-year family dynasty, ...

The funeral of Bashar al-Assad’s father, Hafez al-Assad. His "departure" was much more stately and calm than his son’s retreat this past week. For some 30 years, he had ruled Syria with an ...

The tomb of the father of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's has been set on fire by rebel fighters after they stormed his mausoleum today. Pictures show fighters standing next to the ...

On the slopes of Mount Qasyun which overlooks Damascus, a network of tunnels links a military complex, tasked with defending ...

Bashar al-Assad was then thrust into the national spotlight and studied military science, later becoming a colonel in the Syrian army. After his father’s death in June 2000, it took just hours ...

Syria's presidency announced that the then-first lady of the Middle Eastern country had been diagnosed with acute myeloid ...

While Syrians died under rubble, endured torture in prisons, lived in camps, Bashar Assad along with his family were living ...

Syrians who fled the civil war are rejoicing over Assad's downfall while navigating complex emotions and questions about the ...

Asma al-Assad is severely ill with leukaemia and has been isolated by doctors who have given her a “50/50” chance of survival ...