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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]
DOHA (Reuters) -The ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, after rebel forces swept into Damascus this weekend, shattered Iran's network of influence in the Middle East but Israel, the United ...
The fall of the Assad regime in Syria has left Iran and Russia on the outside, while Iran is accelerating its pursuit of a nuclear weapon and al-Shabaab is emerging as a potential proxy for Iran ...
A former al Qaeda affiliate, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, seized the moment (along with other rebel groups) for a long-awaited assault on Assad — securing the fall of the Assad regime within 10 days.
Iranian security and intelligence services advised and assisted the Syrian military in order to preserve the erstwhile Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's hold on power. [39] Those efforts included training, technical support, and combat troops. [39] [45] Estimates of the number of Iranian personnel in Syria ranged from hundreds to tens of ...
The sound of celebratory gunfire filled the streets of Damascus in the hours following the collapse of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. ... from the central bank ... powerful Iran-backed ...
Historically, the two countries shared a common animosity towards the Iraqi Ba'ath Party and Saddam Hussein, with Syria providing military aid to Iran during the Iran–Iraq War. After Hafiz al-Assad's death in 2000, Bashar al-Assad continued the relationship by supporting Hezbollah and various Iranian proxies; with the alliance being described ...
In the final days leading to his ouster, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad complained to Iran's foreign minister that Turkey was actively supporting Sunni rebels in their offensive to topple him ...