After over a decade in exile, many Syrians living abroad are contemplating what was once unthinkable: going home. But what ...

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 Assad was just 5 years old when ...

Syria’s iron-fisted leader Bashar al-Assad is the second generation of an autocratic family dynasty that held power for more than five decades and his disappearance amid a lighting rebel advance ...

A scholar of religious minorities and the Middle East explains the historical persecution and marginalization of the Alawite ...

The Issue: A rebel group has forced out Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government. The fall of Syria’s genocidal dictator Bashar al-Assad is truly an instance of opportunity meeting ...

President Bashar Al-Assad Has Fled Syria and His Brutal Regime Is Finally Over “This historic opportunity must be seized and decades of grave human rights violations redressed.” ...

Bashar al-Assad, an Ophthalmologist Who Became a Dictator, Is the Last of a Despotic Dynasty Once a self-styled modernizer, Syria’s president bought time with a harsh crackdown, but his ...

Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, has fled the country, according to his closest ally, Russia. The dramatic move brings a sudden end to half a century of rule by Assad and his family.

Assad’s regime was toppled, Charlie Smart, a reporter at The New York Times, traveled to a mass burial site in Syria to ...

The Fall of Bashar Al Assad, in Photos Dramatic change is afoot in Syria, where the newly collapsed regime has opened the door to tension—and hope. TNR was there to capture the scenes.

Bashar al-Assad Steps In From the Cold, but Syria Is Still Shattered. Arab countries are gradually restoring ties with Syria, but its president remains mired in crises he can’t escape.