This denouement puts an end to half a century of implacable rule by the Assad clan over Syria. In the shadows, Asma al-Assad, the first lady, once praised as the "Rose of the Desert". Who is this ...

Syrian President Bashar Assad fled to Russia over the weekend ... Several months after taking office, Bashar married Asma al-Akhras, a British-born woman who is known for being attractive and ...