Al-Assad was frequently seen arm in arm with his charming wife Asma al-Akhras ... such as the MP Riad Seif, who dared to speak out against the lucrative cell phone monopoly being granted to ...

Another member of the Droubi family, Ghazi al-Droubi, served from 1984 to 1987 as Syria’s minister of oil and resources under President Hafez al-Assad. Droubi, who has a master's degree in Arabic ...

They treated me like an animal because I’m Alawite,” he said, speaking ... chief; Asma, Bashar’s wife; Moustapha Tlass, the former defence minister ... Bashar al-Assad behaved like a ...

With views of Germany on one side of the mountain and Austria on the other, the Berghof was the most public of Hitler’s private homes, and it exerted a powerful hold on the Nazi imagination of empire.

Speaking to reporters before the meeting, Baerbock said that sanctions against al-Assad allies who “committed serious crimes” during the Syrian civil war must remain in place. She said that ...

A fragile sense of normalcy returns to Damascus It has been nearly five weeks since Islamist fighters from the rebel militia Hayat Tahrir al-Sham forced the despised dictator Bashar Assad from power.

At left is a vertical billboard of Assad. Trees and debris are seen at left. Anti-regime fighters drive past a picture of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ... first time I speak English in the ...

When Bashar al-Assad ruled Syria, merchants like Youssef Rajab kept much ... "It was a strange feeling, but I was happy," added the 23-year-old, speaking beside shelves stacked with imported products.