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 ...

Biden said that while the news is positive for the Middle East, he warned that it marks "a moment of risk and uncertainty." President Joe Biden spoke Sunday on the collapse of the Syrian government ...

President Bashar al-Assad has left Syria behind, fleeing to Russia with his family and leaving his once-impenetrable Damascus mansion to be ransacked by militants and rebels. Members of Jaish al-Islam ...

Veteran reporter Charlie Rose announced Sunday that he had secured a highly coveted scoop: He interviewed Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus. Later, from Beirut, Rose discussed aspects of the ...

As Syria celebrates one year since the fall of the Assad regime, reports continue to provide details about the lives of the Assads. A new report at Al-Arabiya notes, “The ousted Syrian president, ...

The embattled leader insisted his forces had turned over all their chemical weapons stocks years ago. In an exclusive interview with AFP in Damascus-- his first since the alleged April 4 attack ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa speaks during the official Victory Day celebrations at Damascus Conference Palace, to mark the ...

US President Donald Trump accused Syria's leader Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday of committing "horrible" crimes against humanity, and vowed to prevent his regime from carrying out any more chemical ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 16 (UPI) --Lebanon and Syria have been working to turn the page on decades of mistrust and tense ties since the ouster of Syrian President Bashar Assad in December 2024. But the ...

After decades in which relations between the United States and Iran have been cold if not openly hostile the newly elected Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, has signaled his country may be ready to ...

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The ability of the U.S. to punish the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for allegedly launching chlorine weapons attacks may be limited despite “damning evidence,” a U.S. official said.