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 his role in the 1982 Hama massacre, the late member of Syria’s former ruling family oversaw the killing of tens of ...

Rifaat al-Assad, who was the uncle of the deposed Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad and was known as the “Butcher of Hama” for ...

Rifaat al-Assad, the younger brother of former Syrian president Hafez al-Assad who was once a very powerful figure in the ...

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

Assad, the brother of the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, crushed an Islamist uprising in Hama in 1982 before ...

Twenty years ago, Ahmed al-Sharaa was laying bombs to target Americans. Today, he is received in the White House. But where does the former terrorist intend to lead Syria?

Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is living in near-isolation in Russia, sidelined by President Vladimir Putin, one year after fleeing Syria following the collapse of his rule, according to a ...

Extensive Russian influence in Syria goes back to the Soviet era and survived the collapse of the USSR and the end of communism. It appears that now Russian influence in Syria has survived the fall of ...

A year ago, rebels overthrew President Bashar al-Assad, ending decades of dictatorship and civil war. But challenges remain for the new leadership. Syrians in Damascus, Syria, on Monday gather for a ...

Less than a year after his lightning power grab, Syria’s president is capping his transformation from jihadist to global statesman in a historic visit to the White House that says as much about the ...

Siwar Al Assad’s new release, Damascus Has Fallen, offers an intimate portrait of daily life in Syria during challenging times. Rather than presenting a detached account of conflict, Al Assad ...