Ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad has made his first comments since his regime was defeated by rebels in a lightning-quick military advance. Just over a week since he was removed from power, Assad ...

Bashar al-Assad was the 19th president of Syria, entering office in 2000 succeeding his father Hafez al-Assad as the country's leader and as head of the Ba'ath Party. He was ousted in December 2024 by ...

(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.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Syria’s former President Bashar al-Assad, whose notoriously brutal rule over the country earned him the nickname “The Butcher,” ...

Human rights group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights disclosed that the former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had been poisoned in an assassination attempt. According to The U.S. Sun, the group ...

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Bashar al-Assad is reportedly spending his exile playing video games. His hobby of choice sets up an unexpected contrast with his earlier public comments on gaming. Assad, who succeeded his father as ...

A Syrian court held its first hearing on Sunday in the trial of ousted president Bashar al-Assad and senior officials from his former government, state media said. Assad and his brother Maher al-Assad ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The Syrian factions that toppled President Bashar Assad last month named an Islamist former rebel leader as the country‘s interim president on Wednesday in a push to project a ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — The Syrian factions that toppled President Bashar Assad last month named an Islamist former rebel leader as the country‘s interim president on Wednesday in a push to project a united ...