A German court has handed down a life sentence to a Syrian doctor convicted of committing acts of torture as part of Bashar al-Assad’s brutal crackdown on dissent.

President Bashar al-Assad of Syria was ousted over the weekend by jihadist-led rebels and has fled to Russia, ending his family's five-decade rule of the Middle Eastern country.

Assad's 24-year rule ended abruptly as a coalition of rebel forces, led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), launched a rapid ...

People gather at Saadallah al-Jabiri Square as they celebrate, after Syria's army command notified officers on Sunday that President Bashar al-Assad's 24-year authoritarian rule has ended, a ...

People walk past posters depicting Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, ahead of the May 26 presidential election in the district of al-Waer in Homs, Syria, on May 23, 2021.

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik on July 25, 2024, Syria's President Bashar al-Assad meets with Russian president at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 24, 2024.

Syrian doctor, 36, known as M. by German media sits with his head covered, accompanied by one of his lawyers Ulrich Endres, as he goes on trial in Frankfurt, Germany, January 19, 2022.

Bashar al Assad was not meant to be president, but a twist of fate forced the former eye doctor - and his London-raised wife - to head back to Syria to continue a family dynasty.

His father, Hafez al-Assad, who ruled Syria following a bloodless army-backed coup in 1970, was grooming Bashar al-Assad's eldest brother, Bassel Assad, to be the next president. A major in the Syrian ...