Syrias President Bashar al-Assad (C) and his wife Asma al-Assad (L) attend the opening ceremony of the 2022 Asian Games at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in Hangzhou in Chinas eastern ...

Biden responds to fall of Assad regime 03:34. Washington — President Biden on Sunday called the fall of Syrian leader Bashar Assad a "moment of historic opportunity," and he pledged to support ...

The lavish lifestyle and taste of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are on display in a video that shows the abandoned garage of the presidential palace in Damascus filled with luxury cars.

An end to decades of family rule. Assad came to power in 2000 by a twist of fate. His father had been cultivating Bashar’s oldest brother, Basil, as his successor, but in 1994, Basil was killed ...

Syria entered uncharted political waters on Sunday after the collapse of the 24-year rule of Bashar Al Assad under a rebel advance so swift even his allies in Moscow and Tehran failed to prevent it.

President Bashar al-Assad had kept opposition forces at bay for a decade with help from Russia and Iran. But rebels struck at a moment of weakness for those countries.

Syrian President Bashar Assad fled the country on Sunday, bringing to a dramatic close his nearly 14-year struggle to hold onto control as his country fragmented in a brutal civil war that became a… ...

Images of Bashar al-Assad and his family were emblematic of the dynasty’s grip on Syria. Though remnants linger after the regime’s ouster, the removal of the once ubiquitous relics has offered ...

Who is Bashar Assad's wife, Asma? Asma Asad, 49, was born in London as Asma Fawaz Akhras. Her father was a cardiologist and her mother a diplomat at the Syrian Embassy.