As his enemies closed in on Damascus, Bashar al-Assad, who ruled over Syria with an iron fist for 24 years, used a private jet to spirit away cash, valuables and confidential documents mapping the ...

Images of Bashar al-Assad and his family were emblematic of the dynasty’s grip on Syria. Though remnants linger after the ...

Assad, who ruled over Syria with an iron fist for 24 years, used a private jet to spirit away cash, valuables and ...

When I was a child, I remember, my father scolded my brother for telling his friends that Hafez al-Assad had imprisoned my uncles. When his son Bashar al-Assad took over his vast empire of ...

With the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime, the city is breathing again and this year's Eid al-Fitr preparations are fully underway. Markets that were once stagnant and fearful are now bustling ...

The rebels who ousted President Bashar al-Assad in December have since been acting as Syria’s de facto authorities. Mr. al-Shara was named interim president and oversaw a transitional government.