Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez, ruled Syria for more than half a century but how did one family achieve and maintain power?

How did the Assads come to power? Hafez al-Assad was one of a generation of Arab strongmen – among them Muammar Gaddafi in Libya, Saddam Hussein in Iraq, and Hosni Mubarak in Egypt – who came ...

Hafez al-Assad was one of a generation of Arab strongmen – among them Muammar Gaddafi in Libya, Saddam Hussein in Iraq, and Hosni Mubarak in Egypt – who came to power from the late 1960s onwards. Like ...

The tumultuous collapses of Iraq, Libya and Syria offer stark parallels and contrasts, shedding light on the complex ...

Locals that set fire to Hafez al Assad’s grave and celebrated the ... Remember Saddam and Gaddafi? They, too, were epitomes of the iron-fisted strongman that would stretch you on the rack ...

Bashar al-Assad rose to power in 2000 following the death of his father, Hafez al-Assad ... Hussein's fall or in Libya following Muammar Gaddafi's ouster, looms large. Syria now risks descending ...

People celebrate, after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted President Bashar al-Assad, at Majdal Anjar in Bekaa, ...

Moral evangelists in power preaching about democracy and human rights resemble dowdy advocates of family values .

Syria's new government likely needs arms to solidify its hold on power. That's an opening for its Turkish backers.

Ahmed Jabril was a close ally of President Hafez al-Assad of Syria. Libya was also a suspect because of its anti-American policy under Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and his support for international ...

Russia and the former Soviet Union were long the leading suppliers of military hardware to Syria under the rule of recently deposed President Bashar al-Assad and his father Hafez, who died in 2000.