Here’s a look at the life of Bashar al-Assad, who was president of Syria from 2000 to 2024. Personal Birth date: September 11, 1965 Birth place: Damascus, Syria Father: Hafez Assad, late Syrian ...

A Syrian commission for missing persons estimated that between 120,000 and 300,000 people have gone missing during more than ...

A Syrian security source and Syria's state-owned Al-Ikhbariya said the target was killed as he tried to escape, as US ...

In US-brokered talks, Syria and Israel discussed restoring a 1974 ceasefire to de-escalate tensions following the fall of ...

The Assad family's rule was among the most brutal in the region and its prison system, including feared sites such as ...

The Assad government forcefully disappeared at least 3,700 children whose parents were disloyal to the regime. The figures ...

A group of bipartisan lawmakers met with Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus, part of a growing group in Congress ...

Bashar al-Assad came to power in 2000 after his father’s death and spent the better part of 14 years fighting the civil war.

Dec. 9 (UPI) -- President Bashar al-Assad of Syria was ousted over the weekend by jihadist-led rebels and has fled to Russia, ending his family's five-decade rule of the Middle Eastern country.

Bashar al-Assad, center, is seen during the closing session of the ruling Baath party congress in Damascus, Syria, in June 2000. (SANA/AP/File via CNN Newsource) ...

Bashar al-Assad has been the president of Syria since 2000, following the death of his father, Hafez al-Assad, who had ruled the country for nearly 30 years. Early Life And Education ...