The offensive triggered the “death spiral” of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, as a mixed coalition of former rebels, local strongmen, and regular people, suddenly emboldened, captured the southern ...

President Bashar al-Assad has left Syria behind, fleeing to Russia with his family and leaving his once-impenetrable Damascus ...

Thousands of people, in cars and on foot, celebrate in the streets of Damascus and other cities like Homs, marking the end of the dynasty that has ruled the country ...

On Jan. 1, 2025, several media outlets including Newsweek and The Sun reported on a supposed poison attack on the exiled former president of Syria, Bashar al-Assad, who resides in Russia ...

Former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has released his first statement since fleeing to Moscow more than a week ago. He said his ‘departure’ from Syria was not planned and did not happen ...

Bashar al-Assad’s regime had withstood more than a decade of uprisings, civil war and international sanctions since the onset of widespread protests in 2011. Yet, it collapsed in a remarkably ...

The ancient city, an early stronghold of opposition to Bashar al-Assad ... when Mr. al-Assad sent in security forces to crack down. Rabia Asad, a truck driver, had moved out of Baba Amr, but ...