The tomb of the former Syrian dictator Hafez al-Assad has been set alight, according to numerous reports, just days after an uprising swept his son Bashar from power. Images taken from Qardaha ...

Wafa Mustafa had long dreamed of returning to Syria but the absence of her father tarnished her homecoming more than a decade ...

Syrian rebel fighters have destroyed the tomb of late president Hafez al-Assad, father of ousted president Bashar, in the family's hometown. Videos verified by the BBC showed armed men chanting as ...

A worker tears down the pictures of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, his father Hafez al-Assad, the late Hezbollah leader Sayyed ...

Syrian leader Bashar Assad issued what appeared to be his first public statement since he was ousted and fled with his family ...

Syrian rebels declared the end of President Bashar al-Assad's rule, triggering celebrations and the toppling of statues of Hafez al-Assad in multiple cities. They claimed Assad fled the country ...

The Assads- an Alawite family - historically dominated a predominantly Sunni nation, with their rule beginning in 1970 under Bashar's father, Hafez al-Assad. Hafez came to power through a military ...

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At least 144 people, including 27 children, have been killed by landmines and unexploded remnants of war since Bashar ...

Bashar al-Assad’s critically ill wife will not ... Fawaz Akhras, Ms al-Assad’s father, has left London to care for her in Moscow but she has a “50-50” chance of survival, according to ...

The system of detention, torture and death run by Syria’s former ruler, Bashar Assad, is starting to come out into the open.

Saudi Arabia's top diplomat said Friday the kingdom was seeking to help Syria's new authorities secure the lifting of ...