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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 ...
Former Syrian President Bashar Assad on Monday made his first official statement since being toppled by a rebel offensive and fleeing the country for Russia, declaring that he left Syria after a ...
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 President Bashar Assad, right, speaks with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi (The Associated Press) The fall of Assad marks a significant blow to Iran’s influence in the Middle East ...
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."
A web of Syria's neighbors and countries around the world have backed either Assad's government or various rebel opposition groups to varying degrees. Syria's war: How barbarity, confusion and ...
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 ...