The ‘Butcher of Hama’ and former Syrian vice president dies in exile at age 89.

The brother and uncle of Syrian tyrants, he commanded a unit that killed up to 40,000 civilians in a 1982 uprising against ...

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

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, ...

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 ...

THE notorious uncle of ousted Syrian despot Assad, dubbed the “Butcher of Hama” has died. Rifaat al-Assad, the brother of the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, died at the age of ...

Assad, the brother of former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and a central figure in the 1982 Hama crackdown, has died at 88 ...

Assad, the uncle of Syria’s deposed ruler Bashar al-Assad and known for his bloody crackdown on a Muslim Brotherhood uprising ...

Rifaat al-Assad, exiled uncle of former Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad, has died aged 88 in the UAE, according to media reports. According to Reuters, Assad - the brother of the late Syrian President ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kafr Sousa security complex after it was emptied following the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, Syria ...

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, ...

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.