The rebel chief who led the overthrow of the longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad has been declared the head of government for a transitional period.

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

Syria’s government has fallen ... who took over from his father after Hafez Assad died in 2000. Known as “the Butcher of Damascus,” Bashar Assad killed and imprisoned thousands of political ...

Syria’s de facto leader ... earning him the nickname the “Butcher of Hama”.

When Syria’s dictatorship fell in early December ... He began to learn English and got a job at a halal butcher shop. When I first met him, some of the few English words he knew were “chicken ...

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR ... earned him the nickname “the Butcher of Hama”. He was not wanted by Lebanon’s General Security agency and there were no other documents ...

I can say that Assad was a butcher, what he did to children," Trump ... wrested city after city from his control until the rebels reached the Syrian capital earlier this month.

It is the first cooperation between Lebanese security officials and the new Syrian authorities since rebels, led by HTS, ousted Assad on December 8. Rifaat al-Assad is known as the ‘Butcher of ...

I can say that Assad was a butcher, what he did to children," Trump ... region raises questions about future American policies in Syria. Trump also remarked on the uncertainty surrounding Syria ...