The Middle East experienced sweeping change in 2024. In Syria, the fall of Bashar al-Assad brought an end to decades of autocratic rule and left questions surrounding the country’s reconstruction ...

Family friend, sources in Russia and Syria, and leaked data help give rare insight into life of dictator’s reclusive household In 2011, a group of teenage boys spray-painted a warning on to a wall in ...

We were brought here not for treatment but for execution. There was no treatment,’ Bassel Farran tells Anadolu | Anadolu ...

Thousands of Uyghurs became key fighters against Syria's Assad regime. For the first time, they agreed to be interviewed. NPR ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Bashar al-Assad, who was president of Syria from 2000 to 2024. 1994 – Syrian President Hafez Assad’s oldest son and heir apparent, Basel, dies in a car accident.

(AP) One of two candidates challenging Bashar Assad in next month’s election has almost nothing but praise for the Syrian president, saying his handling of the country’s conflict has proven he is a ...