This will always be his legacy.” Bashar al-Assad is the second son of Hafez al-Assad, a military officer who led a coup in 1970 and ruled Syria for nearly 30 years. Born in Damascus, the younger ...

It's the site of the tomb of Bashar al-Assad's father Hafez ... his wife Anisa and his eldest son Bassel "to take a look at these filthy people, because they oppressed the entire Syrian people." ...

Donald Trump’s pick to oversee 18 intelligence agencies with a $100 billion spy budget is facing renewed scrutiny over an ...

Weeping, Fairuz Shalish grasps the red earth at an unmarked grave in Syria that she believes may hold her son, one of tens of ...

Syrian leader al-Sharaa reportedly also demands reparations as Moscow delegation seeks to secure strategic power bases.

A few days after the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad fled into exile, in December, an elderly woman sat on the sidewalk ...

Bashar al-Assad has fled to Russia where he and his family have been given asylum. Statues and posters of the late president Hafez and his son Bashar have been pulled down across the country to ...

Built on a hill 30 kilometers from Damascus, the Saidnaya prison has instilled terror in generations of Syrians: a place of ...

The new leadership of the country said the rebel coalition leader, Ahmed al-Shara, would serve as president during a ...

The leader of the former rebel group that toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad has been named the country’s interim ...

The tomb also houses the graves of Bashar al-Assad's wife Anisa and eldest son Bassel. Examining footage from the AFP news agency taken today it shows rebel fighters in fatigues and young men ...