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Front: Anisa Makhlouf and Hafez al-Assad. Rear, left to right: Maher, Bashar, Bassel, Majd, and Bushra al-Assad. The Assad family had ruled Syria since 1971, when Hafez al-Assad seized power and became the president of Syria under the Syrian Ba'ath Party. After his death in June 2000, he was succeeded by his son Bashar al-Assad. [10] [11] [12] [13]
For much of its 13 years, the horrors of Syria’s grinding civil war felt unending. Now, after just 11 days, the regime of President Bashar al-Assad is gone, the dictator fleeing his country in ...
In a stunning turn, the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad appears to have fallen after rebels advanced into the capital Damascus, catching government forces by surprise 10 days after a ...
Biden called the Assad government's expulsion a "fundamental act of justice" and a "moment of opportunity for the long-suffering people of Syria to build a better future for their proud country."
After 13 years of civil war under the iron-fisted rule of former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, there is now hope for millions of Syrians who endured a campaign of barrel bombs, forced ...
The Assad family ruled Syria with an iron grip, locking up those who dared to question their rule. The country is now largely under the control of an insurgent group named Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or ...
Syrian rebels ousted President Bashar al-Assad and seized control of Damascus on Sunday, forcing him to flee and ending his family's decades of rule after more than 13 years of civil war in a ...
A portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is seen on a building in Damascus, Syria, on December 7. ... Sunday saying Assad had “decided to leave the presidential post and left the country ...