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 ...

Deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad has reportedly been poisoned while living under Vladimir Putin’s protection in Moscow, according to a human rights watchdog. The shocking allegations suggest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bashar al-Assad is living in Moscow under tight restrictions imposed by Russia nearly a year after fleeing Syria, with his ...

Assad is said to be living a life of reclusion in Moscow, but rumors say he is also doing business, while his brother plots a return. As Syria celebrates one year since the fall of the Assad regime, ...

Known for role in brutal suppression in the 1980s, the former Defence Brigades head has died after a brief illness ...

Russia is already perceived as an unreliable ally; there is no trust in it. Putin has repeatedly shown that he can violate ...

Syria defies Russia in bid to keep Assad in power even as the two allies prepare an offensive to retake Aleppo. Putin Backs Assad, Says Russian Warplanes Could Redeploy to Syria in Hours Russian ...

Thousands of Syrians gathered at the Umayyad Mosque to celebrate the end of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. WSJ’s Ben C. Solomon reports from Damascus as questions linger about what the future holds.