The slow rise of Hafez al-Assad, from pan-Arabism to Syrian nationalism
Before joining the military and building an Alawite caste around himself, Hafez al-Assad was a fervent supporter of the ...
The Spokesman-Review6d
A new Syrian government struggles to reset its corrupt, besieged economy
In the time of Hafez Assad, Bashar’s father, Syria was a socialist economy, with Soviet-style nationalization and tight regulation. His son took a neoliberal tack, and though some initiatives ...
World Socialist Web Site4d
Western-backed HTS Islamists organise executions in Syria
Members of the new Syrian security forces stand outside a security building in Nawa, near Daraa, Syria, January 4, 2025. [AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy] Reports of excessive violence and executions of ...
High-ranking member of Assad's regime arrested in Syria
Syrias new authorities have announced the arrest of Atif Najib a former senior security officer and cousin of ousted ...
Al-Monitor5d
40 years on, Hama survivors recall horror of Assad-era massacre
Hayan Hadid was 18 when soldiers arrested him in his pyjamas and took him for execution in Syria's Hama in 1982, during one ...
The Daily Illini4d
Rana Khoury talks collapse of Assad regime, rise of new forces
Rana Khoury, professor in LAS, spoke in a lecture on Tuesday about Syria’s past and future after the collapse of the Assad ...
Anadolu Ajansi4d
After fall of Assad regime, Hama Massacre survivors break decades of silence
After 61 years of Baath rule ended in December 2024, survivors of the 1982 Hama Massacre are speaking out for the first time ...
IDF opens fire on armed group in Syrian Golan, pro-Assad group claims responsibility
Early reports from media associated with the Axis of Resistance indicated that the Islamic Resistance Front in Syria claimed ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel6d
40 years on, Hama survivors recall horror of Assad-era massacre
Hayan Hadid was 18 when soldiers arrested him in his pyjamas and took him for execution in Syria's Hama in 1982, during one of the darkest chapters of the Assad clan's rule. "I've never really ...
THE WEEK5d
The ophthalmologist dictator: Syria's Bashar al-Assad
How did Assad gain power? Through old-fashioned dynastic succession. He became president in 2000 after the death of his father, Hafez al-Assad, a tyrant who had ruled Syria for 30 years.