Before the rebels arrived, the residents dismantled a statue of Assad's father Hafez al-Assad. Following the discussion, the Alawite notables signed a statement of support. The document was viewed ...

Hafez al-Assad underwent a dramatic metamorphosis from ... One, headed by Ina'am Ra'ad, enjoys financial support from Colonel Muammar el-Qaddaffi, of Libya. Another, headed by Jubran Juraysh ...

Assad had succeeded his father Hafez al-Assad as president ... the Egyptian and the Iranian,” said Magdi el-Gizouli, a Sudanese academic and a fellow of the Rift Valley Institute, told _Bloomber_g.

The role of the sacred in society is a subject that has been approached in many ways for a long time. The use of superstition ...

For decades, statues of Hafez al-Assad symbolized power and repression. Today, they fall as Syrians reclaim public spaces ...

A colossal statue of Hafez al-Assad was once a powerful symbol of Syria’s ruling regime, looming over the Damascus-Aleppo highway. Now, like that regime, it is toppled, and Syrians have been visiting ...

The huge toppled statue of former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad in the Damascus countryside town of Deir Atiyam in Qalamoun remains a symbol of the overthrow of his son Bashar al-Assad's regime last ...

The leader of the former rebel group that toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad has been named the country’s interim ...