Bashar al-Assad is the former president of Syria who held power for decades before his government was overthrown during a rebel offensive. Assad fled to Moscow and was granted political asylum after ...

Former air officers, including an air force general, were arrested in a series of operations.

The judge who sentenced Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia last week was himself sentenced to death in absentia by the same regime years earlier. Judge Fakhr al-Din al-Aryan ...

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Discontent is testing President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s ability to unify a country emerging from 14 years of conflict.

Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was sentenced to death by a Damascus court on Tuesday, after being found guilty on charges of murder, torture and incitement to murder. His brother Maher ...

A Syrian criminal court in Damascus has sentenced ousted president Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia after finding him guilty of killings, torture, arbitrary arrests and crimes against humanity ...

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Former Syrian president Bashar al Assad has been sentenced to death in absentia for crimes against humanity and war crimes, following a ruling by a court in the country. Assad fled the capital ...

'Syria after Assad' (2/4). Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's dictatorial regime one year ago, more than 1.2 million exiled Syrians have returned home. The journey back has often been extremely ...