What to Know About Bashar Assad, Syria’s Fallen Dictator
Bashar Assad instead became a doctor in the 1980s and was studying in London to be an ophthalmologist in the early 1990s. But when Basil Assad died in a car accident in 1994, Bashar Assad was recalled to Syria to replace his brother as heir apparent.
Syria rebels burn tomb of Bashar al-Assad's father
Syrian rebel fighters have destroyed the tomb of late president Hafez al-Assad, father of ousted president Bashar, in the family's hometown. Videos verified by the BBC showed armed men chanting as they walked around the burning mausoleum in Qardaha, in the north-west of the coastal Latakia region.
Syria After al-Assad: What’s Happening and What Comes Next
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, whose name means Organization for the Liberation of the Levant, was the main rebel group leading the latest offensive, launching a surprise assault in late November from northwestern Syria that quickly led to the fall of President Bashar al-Assad. It is now leading the transition to a new Syrian government.
The rapid fall of Syria’s autocratic ruler, Bashar al-Assad, this past weekend was one of the most consequential developments ...
The U.S. is communicating with rebel groups inside Syria amid the search for missing American journalist Austin Tice, State ...
The focus for the U.S.. after Assad's ouster has been on the historic moment for Syria. Left unsaid: The turmoil could be ...
One woman said her son had been missing for a decade. He was accused of being a militant; she said he was a nurse.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that the toppling of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was the ...
Reports say troops and equipment were being flown out of Russia’s Khmeimim Air Base in Syria’s Latakia province ...
The Assad regime suddenly and dramatically fell Sunday after 13 years of brutal war. Here's a brief background.
Two U.S. congressmen have urged senior American officials to suspend some sanctions on Syria to ease pressure on its ...
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