A cemetery near Damascus was transformed into an industrial-scale mass grave for Syrians who opposed President Bashar ...

The UAE’s interventionist foreign policy, backing Assad in Syria and the RSF in Sudan, has backfired, damaging its global reputation, alienating allies, and undermining US interests.

Wassim Al Assad is 'considered among the most prominent drug traffickers and people involved in a number of crimes during the ...

Assad’s leadership quickly descended into authoritarianism, marked by mass repression and a devastating civil war. This video ...

U.S. officials said sanctions against targets such as its central bank would end, but they would remain on Syria’s former ...

Assad, who led a paramilitary force backing Assad's army, was sanctioned by the US in 2023 for drug trafficking, including ...

The cases are still rare where organized crime and wholesale corruption get backed up by a repressive, autocratic government. As in Venezuela, North Korea, and Russia, deposed Syrian leader Bashar ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Syrian security forces on Saturday detained Wassim al-Assad, cousin of toppled dictator Bashar ...

Assad, is the first prominent figure from the Assad family to be arrested since Islamist-led forces toppled the government on ...

The couple has three children. Presidency 2000-2011 On June 10, 2000 Hafez al-Assad passed away, and on June 18, 2000 Bashar was appointed General Secretary of the ruling Ba’ath Party.

Thousands of Syrian refugees are going back to their homeland but conditions there remain extremely challenging ...