He became president in 2000 after the death of his father, Hafez al-Assad ... wife, Asma, was born to Syrian parents in Britain; a former investment banker, she’s been profiled in Vogue.

With views of Germany on one side of the mountain and Austria on the other, the Berghof was the most public of Hitler’s private homes, and it exerted a powerful hold on the Nazi imagination of empire.

A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 uprising has been detained inside Syria, according to state news agency SANA.

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik on July 25, 2024, Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad meets with Russian president at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 24 ...

The rebel chief who led the overthrow of the longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad has been declared the head of government for a transitional period. By Euan Ward Reporting from Beirut, Lebanon Ahmed ...

Heathcliff O'Malley Mr Madani’s story is also important because it sheds some light on the lesser-understood figure of Asma al-Assad, the former dictator’s wife. Fancying herself a formidable ...

Syria’s new authorities have announced the arrest of Atif Najib, a former senior security officer and cousin of ousted President Bashar al-Assad. Najib is seen by many as being responsible for ...

The arrival of the first top Russian diplomat in Damascus since Bashar al-Assad’s fall kicks off negotiations over the fate of Moscow’s bases in Syria. By Paul Sonne and Christina Goldbaum ...

Former al Qaeda member Ahmad al-Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, has been named as Syria’s president for a transitional period. “We announce the appointment of Commander Ahmad ...