Former rebels now controlling Syria name an interim president and throw out the constitution adopted under Assad, saying a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

The stunning overthrow of Syrian President Bashar Assad by Islamist rebels half a century after his family took power raises an old question when it comes to regime change in the Middle East ...

The Biden administration said after Assad fled to Russia that the U.S. could recognize a new Syrian government under certain conditions. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the new leadership ...