Less than two weeks after Ahmad al-Sharaa ousted Bashar al-Assad in Syria, a U.S. State Department delegation arrived in ...

The collapse of the Assad regime was expected to increase instability, but so far Ahmed Al-Sharaa has attempted to make ...

Ocalan’s anti-Israel stance is well-known, as his group was based in the Bekaa Valley in the 1980s, cooperating wit h the ...

In a stunning shift in Middle Eastern politics, Syria, under the leadership of Bashar al-Assad, has rejoined the Arab League after 12 years of political isolation. This dramatic turn of events was ...

The tomb of Syria’s former president and long-time strongman, Hafez al-Assad, in the western city of Qardaha has reportedly been exhumed, according to activists and local media. Photos and ...

Hafez al Assad ruled Syria with an iron fist from 1970 to 2000, solidifying his family’s rule for 54 years until the deposition of his son on Dec. 8, 2024.

A colossal statue of Hafez al-Assad was once a powerful symbol of Syria’s ruling regime, looming over the Damascus-Aleppo highway. Now, like that regime, it is toppled, and Syrians have been ...

Hafez al-Assad planned for his eldest son, Basil, to eventually take over as Syria's leader. But Basil was killed when he crashed his car while driving at high speed in Damascus in 1994.

When Hafez al-Assad died of a heart attack at the age of 69 in June 2000, Bashar al-Assad was elected president the next month after the Constitution was amended to reduce the minimum age for the ...

The Israeli operation, intended to target Iran's nuclear core and missiles and deter Iran and its allies, has strengthened ...

The tomb of the former Syrian dictator Hafez al-Assad has been set alight, according to numerous reports, just days after an uprising swept his son Bashar from power. Images taken from Qardaha ...

Hafez al Assad ruled Syria with an iron fist from 1970 to 2000, solidifying his family’s rule for 54 years until the deposition of his son on Dec. 8, 2024.