Bashar al-Assad was never expected to rule Syria ... Assad’s wife and children left for Russia in late November, while his brothers-in-law left for the United Arab Emirates, Syrian security ...

Warning: This article contains descriptions of torture. DAMASCUS, Syria – Photographs of tortured and broken bodies are taped to the outside walls of Al-Mujtahid Hospital in central Damascus.

In Aleppo, a statue of one of Mr. al-Assad’s brothers, Bassel al-Assad, on a horse was toppled. The horse remained. In a village north of Damascus, the capital, a giant statue of the ousted ...

Six months after the overthrow of Assad, Syrians are protesting for accountability and inclusive democratization.

The Al-Kharrat family in Syria has kept the tradition of Sema, or the dance of the whirling dervishes, alive for decades.

Syrians mark six months since Assad’s fall with reflections, hopes, and calls for justice as the country attempts to rebuild ...

“A new history, my brothers, is being written in the entire ... Michigan after the announcement of ousting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, on Dec. 8, 2024 REUTERS During Syria’s civil ...

The brothers were part of an unprecedented uprising against the regime of Bashar al-Assad that erupted in 2011. But this strategy of detaining family members of rebels created a new problem for ...

Calling himself by his given name, Ahmad al-Sharaa, and not his nom de guerre, he told hundreds of people that Assad had made Syria “a farm for Iran’s greed.” “This victory, my brothers ...

With al-Assad Gone, Syrians in Homs Assess the Destruction ... Diaa al-Shaami, 23, was barely a teenager when his two elder brothers went abroad. Eventually, things quieted, and he began studies ...

In 2020 the United States imposed sanctions on Asma al-Assad, her parents and two brothers, with then-secretary of state Mike Pompeo describing her as “one of Syria’s most notorious war ...