Assad cousin notorious for role in suppressing protests in Syria arrested
A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 ...
Rebel Leader Who Overthrew al-Assad Is Declared Syria’s President
The new leadership of the country said the rebel coalition leader, Ahmed al-Shara, would serve as president during a ...
Leader of rebels who toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad is named country’s interim president
The leader of the former rebel group that toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad has been named the country’s interim ...
Tulsi Gabbard’s Secret Bashar al-Assad Meetings, Explained
Donald Trump’s pick to oversee 18 intelligence agencies with a $100 billion spy budget is facing renewed scrutiny over an ...
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Ahmed al-Sharaa, who toppled Assad, is named Syria's interim president
Sharaa was already de facto head of Syria's government ever since a coalition of rebel fighters swept through most of Syria ...
Syria's Ahmad al-Sharaa asks Russia to handover exiled leader Bashar al-Assad: Report
Assad, fled to Moscow last year after being ousted in a lightning rebel offensive that ended five decades of rule by the ...
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in the first visit by a head of state to the Syrian capital since Bashar al-Assad was toppled on Dec. 8. Qatar's Emir visits Syria, first head of state to visit Damascus since Assad's fall Middle ...
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Bashar al-Assad
As in Venezuela, North Korea, and Russia, deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad’s regime was such a case, characterized by centralized control, suppression of dissent, and a reliance on a powerful ...
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Syria’s Spiral: The Rise, Reign, and Ruin of Bashar al-Assad Amid the Arab Spring’s Echoes
resulting in Israel’s capture of the Golan Heights and the destruction of Syria’s air power. In 1970, then-Defence Minister Hafez al-Assad, father of Bashar al-Assad, led an internal coup within the ...