His departure marks the end of the 54-year Assad family rule of Syria with an iron fist. His father Hafez Assad came to power in a bloodless coup in 1970 and ruled until his death in 2000.

In 2011, Syria was rocked by anti-Assad protests, inspired by anti-regime demonstrations across the wider region, known as the Arab Spring. A damaged poster of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is ...

A man looks at a poster depicting Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in a gas mask during an event in the rebel-held northern city of Afrin, on Aug. 20, 2023, marking the 10-year anniversary of ...

The marketplace in Bukamal, in Syria’s Deir al-Zour province, has come back to life after President Bashar Assad’s ouster in December 2024. Khalawi is optimistic — so far.

Assad poster burns in Syria (credit: SCREENSHOT/X) Rights groups say that hundreds of civilians, mostly from the Alawite minority sect to which Assad belongs, were killed in retaliatory attacks.

Assad resisted, demanding that Turkish soldiers first leave Syria before he would meet the Turkish president. “We had made a call to Assad: We had said, ‘Come, let’s talk and decide on Syria ...

Vilified by the Assad regime, these Nobel-nominated first responders operated only in rebel areas. Now their founder is in the new government and they're extending their reach to all of Syria.

Syria’s new transitional government was sworn in Saturday nearly four months after the Assad family was removed from power and as the new authorities in Damascus work to bring back stability to ...

Syria's former president, Bashar al-Assad, didn't trust the White Helmets. He associated them with the rebels trying to oust him, and he plastered Damascus with billboards vilifying the White ...