Syrian authorities have arrested a cousin of former President Bashar Assad, who is under U.S. sanctions for his alleged role in drug trafficking and support to forces loyal to the ousted government.

In a stunning shift in Middle Eastern politics, Syria, under the leadership of Bashar al-Assad, has rejoined the Arab League ...

Syrian human rights activist Ribal al-Assad tore into Europe for lifting sanctions against the nation’s new "terrorist" regime, which he warned is no better than his first cousin, ousted leader ...

Comics had already been trying to foster stand-up in Syria before Bashar al-Assad’s fall. Now, they are telling jokes in a liberated country, while warily eyeing the new government. By Raja ...

Hafez al-Assad, when challenged by his brother Rifaat ... he and Bashar both openly hated each other. While his mother, Anisa, retained an influence that allowed her to mediate internal conflicts ...

the only sister of Bashar al-Assad’s mother, Anisa Makhlouf. Najib’s mother, Fatima Makhlouf, married Najib Haj Najib, the owner of a gas station in Jableh. The couple had two daughters, Norma and ...

at the beginning of her marriage to Assad, a symbol of modernity, leading to a radical change in the role of the Syrian First Lady, after Anisa, Bashar al-Assad's mother, remained on the sidelines ...

Asma al-Assad, wife of deposed Syrian president Bashar ... preferring to keep the "First Lady" title associated with her mother, Anisa. Rami Makhlouf, a first cousin of Bashar, controlled a ...

Languages: English. Ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad says he had planned to keep fighting but the Russians evacuated him, in his first public statement since fleeing to Moscow over a week ago.

In the days since former President Bashar al-Assad's fall, Syrians have begun the anguished search for family members who vanished under the dictator's regime. Mohammed Saeed Zidane and his wife ...

Getty Images Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and his wife Anisa pose with their children (L-R) Maher, Bashar, Bassel, Majd and Bushra for a photograph taken around 1990 A 2022 US State Department ...