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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Assad poster burns in Syria (photo credit: SCREENSHOT/X) Since the start of widespread protests in 2011, Bashar Assad’s name has ...

The cousin, Antoine Kassis, was found guilty of conspiracy to support a terrorist group, after trying to sell weapons from ...

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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — As celebrations kicked off marking the first anniversary on Monday of the ousting of former President Bashar Assad’s regime, Syrians are still struggling to heal after the ...

A Syrian man accused of crimes against humanity has denied charges of torture and sexual violence in a trial in the ...

Human rights group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights disclosed that the former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had been poisoned in an assassination attempt. According to The U.S. Sun, the group ...

Putin Backs Assad, Says Russian Warplanes Could Redeploy to Syria in Hours Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged to continue providing military aid and intelligence to Syrian President Bashar ...

December 8, 2025 • Syria is struggling to heal a year after the Assad dynasty's repressive 50-year reign came to an end following 14 years of civil war that left the country battered and divided.