Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad were allegedly communicating before rebels took over the Syrian government in December.

The Assads dining in Paris, 2010 Miguel Medina / AFP via Getty Images In March 2011, pro-democracy rallies and protests against Bashar al-Assad’s rule spread across Syria. The government ...

Paris and London. In 1992, she began dating Bashar al-Assad, then second in line to rule Syria, who was studying to be an eye doctor in London. After his brother Bassel died in a car accident in ...

France to hold conference on Syria on Feb. 13 in Paris - French presidency Worldcategory ... Islamist militant who fought against Bashar al-Assad's rule over threats he made to the government ...

Chinese and Indian refiners will source more oil from the Middle East, Africa and the Americas, boosting prices and freight ...

Syria's ousted president Bashar al-Assad (C), his wife Asma (R) and French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand (2dL) leave the Grand Palais after their visit to an exhibition in Paris on December ...