Ousted Syrian ruler used private jet to move cash, valuables, and documents to Abu Dhabi, sources say Plane made four flights in last days of Assad's regime, the last one from Russian base Jet ...

When Bashar al-Assad was toppled in December, the iconography of posters, billboards and statues emblematic of his family’s brutal decades-long grip on the country also came down. The images of ...

At least 400 people have been killed in northwest Syria after days of clashes between government forces and loyalists of former President Bashar al-Assad marked the deadliest violence since the ...

Two days of fighting along the Mediterranean coast were among the bloodiest battles since rebels ousted the dictator Bashar al-Assad. By Christina Goldbaum Reporting from Damascus, Syria Clashes ...

A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 uprising has been detained inside Syria, according to state news agency SANA.

A former aide to Bashar Assad discussed the recent collapse of the Syrian government. He pointed to a "trick" by Russia's Vladimir Putin in an interview with Saudi media. Russia was unwilling to ...

Rifaat al-Assad, the former leader's uncle, who is being prosecuted in Switzerland for war crimes and crimes against humanity, recently flew from Lebanon, as did his son Duraid. But according to ...

The fall of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, after 13 years of brutal war, should be an unequivocal cause for celebration. Assad ruled through torture, fear, and violence, crushing dissent while ...

Warning: This article includes graphic accounts of what some prisoners experienced in Assad's prisons. In the shadow of Syria’s brutal civil war, one institution stands as a chilling symbol of ...

Investigations into Rifaat al-Assad's granddaughter and mother continued in Lebanon after they were detained for attempting to travel using a forged passport. Shams Duraid Rifaat al-Assad and her ...

Rifat al-Assad helped Hafez al-Assad seize power in a coup in 1970 ... The Lebanese officials said the wife of his son Duraid and their daughter had been held for trying to travel from Beirut airport ...