End to 14-Year-Old Rule. This dramatic fall marks the end of Bashar al-Assad’s nearly 14-year struggle to maintain power amid Syria’s brutal civil war, which began in 2011.

The ousted Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad kept a signed picture of Queen Elizabeth II inside a room in his presidential palace stuffed with hoards of prized possessions and diplomatic gifts.

AS NEWS OF the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime and the dictator’s flight spread over the weekend, many Syrians rushed to the public squares to celebrate. In Damascus, women draped in the ...

Dramatic footage has surfaced showing Syrian rebels toppling a statue of Hafez al-Assad, former president and father of Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus’ Al Arnous Square. The video also captures ...

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An opposition fighter steps on a torn-up portrait of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Hama, a day after rebels captured the city on December 6, 2024. Mohammed al-Rifai/AFP/Getty Images.

Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his family have been granted asylum in Russia and are now in Moscow. Assad's departure marks the end of nearly 25 years of brutal rule.

Bashar al-Assad's residence in Damascus was ransacked Sunday after rebels seized control of the Syrian capital, forcing the deposed president to flee the country. Photos from the Associated Press ...

Hafez al-Assad, Bashar’s father, jostled his way through internecine palace coups to the presidency just after Syria lost the Golan Heights to Israel in the 1967 war.