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 ...

Assad’s government, backed by Russia, Iran, and allied militias, retained control of Damascus and much of western Syria until late 2024. It finally collapsed under the pressure of repeated military ...

Hariri had allies within the Syrian regime, including Abdel Halim Khaddam and Hikmat Shihabi. However, Bashar Assad’s inner circle—especially his sister Bushra—strongly opposed him. “There was an anti ...

Al-Assad also appointed his own people to the security services, such as Assef Shawkat, his sister Bushra's husband, who was made head of military intelligence. Internally, the accidental ...

Image: Former Syrian President Hafez al Assad, his wife Aniseh, sons Maher, Bashar, Bassel, Majd and daughter Bushra (standing, L-R). Pic: Sana/Reuters Read more: ...

Syria witnessed a swift revolution that ended five decades of Assad family rule. Rebels and the Syrian opposition seized control of Damascus in a movement that stunned the world.

Bushra al-Assad, Bashar's only sister, served as her brother's secretary and married General Asef Shawkat, a key military figure, in 1995.

Asma married Bashar al-Assad in December 2000, and they have three children: Hafez, Zein, and Karim. Since the Syrian uprising began, Asma is said to have sought to relocate to London with her ...

Hopeful Syrians look toward a future without Bashar al-Assad | 60 Minutes 13:32. An entire generation of Syrians has never known freedom and so when it swept over them, last Sunday, there was ...

Assad is married to a dual British-Syrian ... Bassel, Majd and Bushra for a photograph taken around 1990. A 2022 US State Department report to Congress said the extended Assad family's net ...