Al-Sharaa led the rebel offensive that toppled the Assad regime in 2024. He's a former al-Qaeda insurgent who fought against U.S. forces in Iraq and served time in the infamous Abu Ghraib prison.

According to the Financial Times, Assad has acquired apartments in two 300m-high, 78-storey towers. The report refers to 22 ultra-luxurious apartments with saunas, Jacuzzis and marble decorations.

UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan offered his condolences today on the passing of Ali Musabbeh Al Shamsi during a visit to the family’s majlis in Al Ain. His Highness ...

Around 8 million people in Syria, almost a third of the country's population, were under observation by long-time dictator Bashar al-Assad's security forces before his fall from power last year ...

For decades, former president Bashar al-Assad, his relatives and allies enjoyed wide-ranging privileges before his overthrow in a lightning Islamist-led offensive in December. Equestrian sports surged ...

A man holds two pineapples at a stall selling fruits, many of which were not available while deposed president Bashar al-Assad was in power — LOUAI BESHARA After decades of poverty and isolation under ...

Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad late last year ... whose chief editor is appointed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, derided Trump's talk with Sharaa and described it as a meeting ...

President Donald Trump met with Syria’s interim president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 14, a day after saying that he would order an end to U.S. sanctions on Syria in order ...

The last time a U.S. president met with a Syrian President was in 2000 when President Bill Clinton met the late President Hafez al-Assad, Bashar al-Assad's father. Argentina shows signs of ...

This all changed when his Islamist forces overthrew Bashar al-Assad in December ... class that toppled the Western-backed regimes of Ben Ali and Mubarak. The line of these organizations and ...

Abu Ayman said he “was always in favor of my neighborhood people.” In the months since President Bashar al-Assad’s fall, the unresolved tension between these two Sunni Muslim families has ...

Trump announced during a trip to Saudi Arabia that he plans to lift sanctions on Syria after the fall of the Iranian-backed administration of former President Bashar al-Assad. Trump's announcement ...