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Bashar al-Assad was the 19th president of Syria, entering office in 2000 succeeding his father Hafez al-Assad as the country's leader and as head of the Ba'ath Party. He was ousted in December 2024 by ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A Syrian court on Tuesday sentenced ousted President Bashar Assad and his brother in absentia for murder, torture and crimes against humanity committed before and during the ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 18 (UPI) --Syrians, who suffered from the atrocities committed by President Bashar Assad's regime for decades, have welcomed the mostly Islamist rebels who toppled him with open ...

A MOUND OF dirt blocks the road to a walled compound on the outskirts of al-Qutayfa, a town around 30km north of Damascus, the Syrian capital. It is silent, save for the occasional bark of two stray ...