Bashar al-Assad - Wikipedia
Bashar al-Assad[a] (born 11 September 1965) is a Syrian politician and military officer who served as the president of Syria from 2000 until his government was overthrown in the Syrian …
Fall of Syria's President puts an end to the Assad family’s 54 years …
Dec 8, 2024 · BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad fled the country on Sunday, bringing to a dramatic close his nearly 14-year struggle to hold onto control as his country …
What happened in Syria? How did al-Assad fall?
Dec 8, 2024 · In the early hours of Sunday morning, opposition forces declared Syria liberated from the rule of President Bashar al-Assad as opposition forces surged into the capital. The …
What happened in Syria’s civil war, who took over and what’s
Dec 9, 2024 · For half a century, the Assad family ruled over Syria with an iron fist, with long-documented reports of mass incarceration torture, extra-judicial killings and atrocities against …
The Assad regime ruled Syria for 50 years. Here’s how it fell in less ...
Dec 9, 2024 · In a speech from the Umayyad Mosque on Sunday, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the leader of Syria’s main rebel group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), called the toppling of Assad a …
Fall of the Assad regime - Wikipedia
The Assad family, c. 1993.Front: Anisa Makhlouf and Hafez al-Assad.Rear, left to right: Maher, Bashar, Bassel, Majd, and Bushra al-Assad. The Assad family had ruled Syria since 1971, …
In Syria, the Assads leave a bitter legacy after a half-century of ...
Dec 8, 2024 · With opposition forces entering the capital Damascus, Assad flew out of the city early Sunday morning and arrived in Moscow, where the Kremlin has granted asylum to the …
How it happened: Two seismic weeks that toppled Syria’s …
Dec 8, 2024 · President Bashar Assad, Syria’s ruler for 24 years — succeeding his father, Hafez Assad — fled the country. Russian state media reported that he was in Moscow. It’s a …
How al-Assad’s regime fell: Key moments in the fall of Syria’s …
Dec 10, 2024 · ‘Syria is free’: By 6am on December 8, the fighters declared Damascus liberated, confirming that Bashar al-Assad had fled the country. People quickly dismantled symbols of …
Who is Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian leader whose family ruled with …
Dec 8, 2024 · 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 …