For decades, statues of Hafez al-Assad symbolized power and repression. Today, they fall as Syrians reclaim public spaces ...
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Syrian rebels burn tomb of Hafez al-Assad as Assad dynasty endsSyrian rebel fighters have destroyed the tomb of former president Hafez al-Assad, father of ousted president Bashar al-Assad, in a symbolic move marking the end of the Assad family’s 54-year rule.
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 ...
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What Follows Dictatorship? Syria Can Find Useful Clues From The Past — And PresentSupporters of the Assad regime rallied around the slogan "Assad forever." But we have now seen what happens the day after ...
Hafez Al-Assad — fled the country. Russian state media reported that he was in Moscow. MSNBC's Ayman Mohyeldin is joined by Syrian-Americans and former American government officials Wa'el ...
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The Syrian war reignited: How did it come to this?Syria and its multiethnic, multi-denominational society have held together since 1970, when Hafez el-Assad, then a highly-ranked army officer and the father of Bashar al-Assad, seized power via a ...
Shishakli, The man who toppled Zaim ended up in Brazil where he was assassinated in 1963. After being overthrown by Hafez el Assad, Noureddin Al Attasi spent his last twenty two years under arrest in ...
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Polisario loses key Middle East ally with El-Assad regime's fallIt is the end of an era for the El-Assad family's rule in Syria. The regime, established in 1971 by the father, Hafez, has fallen. His son Bashar, in power since July 14, 2000, left the country on ...
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