The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said its forces had conducted an airstrike that killed ISIS leader Abu Yusif in eastern Syria.
Assad, an ophthalmologist who graduated from Damascus University (Syria) and specialised at the Western Eye Hospital in London (UK), had a sudden career shift to politics and became Syria's President in 2000 following the death of his father,
The luxurious compound, made up of three six-story buildings surrounded by manicured gardens, was a symbol of Assad’s power.
The Syrian rebels who forced President Bashar al-Assad to flee the country for asylum in Russia say they are forming a new government to replace the tyrannical rule of the Assad family, who ruled the country for more than 50 years.
After Hafez’s passing in the summer of 2000, we clung to the hope that the torch he left behind would fall into more compassionate hands. After all, his heir, Bashar al-Assad, was a doctor trained in ophthalmology in London — the birthplace of the Spice Girls! How bad could he be?
Residents of the main opposition stronghold in Damascus province, who have suffered from famine, chemical attacks, and brutal repression, are demanding punishment for the regime’s leaders
The demise of the Syrian regime was marked by internal confusion, last-minute diplomatic wrangling, and the exposure of its profound dislocation from Syrian society.
Syria's ousted president Bashar al-Assad said, in a statement attributed to him on Monday, that he did not plan to leave the country amid rebel advances towards Damascus but that Russia had evacuated him.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrived in Russia on Sunday after rebels seized control of Damascus, Russian state media said—a pivotal moment in the years-long civil war against the regime that has controlled Syria since the 1970s.
Bashar al-Assad’s regime is gone ... The Russian military, which had waded decisively into Syria’s war back in 2015, was distracted by Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, which drew ...
In his first public comments since fleeing Syria and being evacuated to Russia, former leader Bashar al-Assad says his departure was unplanned.View on euronews