To most people who read or otherwise consume western media, the fall of the Assad government in Syria was unusually quick and even surprising. For most of this demographic, it seemed that Assad ...

His overthrow brought to a stunning end five decades of Assad clan rule marked by fear and horrific abuses, but it also plunged Syria into the unknown. Here are some key latest developments in ...

(JTA) — The fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has opened up a sea of uncertainty about Syria’s future — and about the treasures of its past, including the remnants of its Jewish history.

Syria's dictator is thought to have taken billions out of the Syrian economy — money the devastated country desperately needs. Experts say Assad likely prepared his escape for years, hiding ...

The fall of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, after 13 years of brutal war, should be an unequivocal cause for celebration. Assad ruled through torture, fear, and violence, crushing dissent while ...

Recommended Trump’s Shock and Awe Campaign Is Our Conservative Dream Come True Kurt Schlichter Advertisement The Assad family ruled Syria with an iron fist for half a century. Mass repression ...

President Joe Biden says the Syrian president Bashar Assad fled his country over the weekend. Also, this weekend President-elect Donald Trump met with the Ukrainian president as he suggests the U ...

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A stunning advance by Syrian rebels ended Bashar al-Assad's decades-long rule, with opposition forces taking the capital and forcing the president to flee on 8 December. The overthrow followed a ...

By Adam Rasgon Syria’s new administration has stepped up its campaign to track down and arrest members of the ousted Assad dictatorship, signaling that it would act with a heavy hand against ...

The removal of Bashar al-Assad from the presidency of Syria has left a lot of unanswered questions in the Middle East, but however those questions are ultimately answered, what seems not in ...

Well, everything. As Bashar al-Assad fled to Moscow, an uneasy rumbling is spreading throughout the Middle East and the world. Will Syria survive as a country, or will the artificial borders ...