Seven months after the fall of Syria's former president Bashar al-Assad, FRANCE 24’s Wassim Nasr gained rare access to sites ...

Bashar al-Assad was never expected to rule Syria. That job was meant for his older brother, Basil, who trained as a military commander while Bashar studied to be an ophthalmologist.

The toppling of Ankara’s archenemy Bashar al-Assad in Syria may have increased Turkey’s regional influence but it also represents a strategic challenge for Turkish President Recep Tayyip ...

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 lighting rebel advance ...

A Syrian woman has said waiting to find out whether she can stay and work in the UK has been like "slowly dying". The UK ...

France on Sunday applauded the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime and called for a peaceful political transition that respects the diversity of the Syrian people and protects civilians and all ...

Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his family have been granted asylum in Russia and are now in Moscow. Assad's departure marks the end of nearly 25 years of brutal rule.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — After insurgents toppled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad this month, many senior officials and members of his dreaded intelligence and security services appear to have ...

Syrians awakened on Monday to a hopeful if uncertain future after rebels seized the capital, Damascus, and President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia following 13 years of civil war and more than 50 ...

The private residence of deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad was ransacked after rebels took over the capital, forcing him to flee the country.