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A cemetery near Damascus was transformed into an industrial-scale mass grave for Syrians who opposed President Bashar ...
In a stunning shift in Middle Eastern politics, Syria, under the leadership of Bashar al-Assad, has rejoined the Arab League after 12 years of political isolation. This dramatic turn of events was ...
U.S. officials said sanctions against targets such as its central bank would end, but they would remain on Syria’s former ...
Syria’s iron-fisted leader Bashar al-Assad is the second generation of an autocratic family dynasty that held power for more than five decades and his disappearance amid a lighting rebel advance ...
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Monday lifted sanctions against Syria, though his executive order stopped well short ...
Thousands of Syrian refugees are going back to their homeland but conditions there remain extremely challenging ...
Bashar al-Assad is the second son of Hafez al-Assad, a military officer who led a coup in 1970 and ruled Syria for nearly 30 years. Born in Damascus, the younger Assad was just 5 years old when ...
After nearly 14 years of devastating war, the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has come to an end, with rebel forces taking control of the capital Damascus. The 24-year rule of Assad ...
Bashar al-Assad's political career — Asma al-Assad, left, appears with her husband and Austrian President Heinz Fischer and his wife, Margit, during a welcoming ceremonies on April 27, 2009 ...