In Assad's hometown, few shared in his family's fortune. They hope they won't share in his downfall
On the walls of the palatial mausoleum built to house the remains of former Syrian President Hafez Assad — whose son, Bashar ...
Relatives of Bashar Assad arrested as they tried to fly out of Lebanon, officials say
Lebanese officials say the wife and daughter of one of deposed Syrian president Bashar Assad’s cousins have been arrested at ...
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In Qardaha, Assad’s hometown, few shared in his family’s fortune
On the walls of the palatial mausoleum built to house the remains of former Syrian President Hafez Assad, vandals have ...
USA Today12d
Assad makes first public statement after Syria ouster. What happens next for him and his wealth?
When he got there, Syrian troops were fleeing the area. Assad was in power for 24 years. Before that, his father, Hafez Assad ...
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Candid photos of Syria’s Assad expose a world beyond the carefully crafted and repressive rule
Personal photos of ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad have surfaced from his abandoned residences, sparking ridicule among ...
Inside the house of Assad
Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez, ruled Syria for more than half a century but how did one family achieve and maintain ...
In Hama, survivors of the Assad family’s first massacre can finally speak
Assad’s father brutally crushed an uprising in Hama, creating a blueprint for repression. Decades later, Syrians can now ...
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Syrian rebels desecrate tomb of Bashar Assad’s father
Syrian rebels have desecrated the tomb of ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad’s father, former Syrian President Hafez al Assad. Hafez al Assad ruled Syria with an iron fist from 1970 to 2000 ...
Bashar al-Assad Claims Russians Forced His Evacuation from Syria
Assad's statement on Monday appeared to contradict the announcement made by the Russian foreign ministry after the Kremlin had granted asylum to the former Syrian leader. The ministry said that Assad ...
Prominent Lebanese figure meets Syrian insurgent who led Assad’s ouster, seeking better relations
A prominent Lebanese politician held talks on Sunday with the insurgent who led the overthrow of Syria’s President Bashar Assad, with both expressing hope for a new era in ...
The Australian Financial Review19d
How Assad’s family ran Syria like the mafia
Hafez and his son Bashar killed countless people over five decades and oversaw the country’s descent into kleptocracy. Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma (centre) with their children (from left ...
USA Today20d
From eye doctor to brutal dictator: The rise (and fall) of Syria's Bashar Assad
Instead, Assad, the second son of former Syrian ruler Hafez Assad, planned to be an ophthalmologist. He studied in Syria and then London before his career as an eye doctor was cut short by his ...