Bashar al-Assad was the 19th president of Syria, entering office in 2000 succeeding his father Hafez al-Assad as the country's leader and as head of the Ba'ath Party. He was ousted in December 2024 by ...

Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s reshuffle comes amid protests over poor government performance.

A Syrian court held its first hearing on Sunday in the trial of ousted president Bashar al-Assad and senior officials from his former government, state media said. Assad and his brother Maher al-Assad ...

Syria has opened its first public trial of officials connected to the government of former President Bashar Assad.

As Syria celebrates one year since the fall of the Assad regime, reports continue to provide details about the lives of the Assads. A new report at Al-Arabiya notes, “The ousted Syrian president, ...

Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa has reshuffled several top government posts and removed his brother from a key position.

In an exclusive interview with AFP in Damascus-- his first since the alleged April 4 attack prompted a US air strike on Syrian forces -- Assad said his army had given up all its chemical weapons and ...

Canada will push for stronger sanctions against Syria over a bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters, Prime Minister Stephen Harper says. "Their behaviour is outrageous," Harper said Thursday ...

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