"The armed forces realized that they were fighting without a cause," al-Hassan told UPI in a phone interview from Damascus. The war, he said, could have stopped in 2017 if Assad had accepted an ...

Such as the Republican Guard compound which looks down over Damascus, and was the headquarters of the feared commander General Bassam Al-Hassan, Assad's adviser for strategic affairs, who was ...

Assad faced no accountability. Children walk along a damaged street filled with debris in the Damascus suburb of Zamalka October 3, 2013. (photo credit: Insight SYRIA-CRISIS/ZAMALKA REUTERS/Bassam ...

Defense Minister Lt. Gen. Ali Abbas and Maj. Gen. Bassam Merhej al-Hassan, head of Bashar Assad’s office and the man in charge of his security, are accused of human rights violations.

The US has charged two high-ranking officials of the fallen Assad regime with war crimes for allegedly torturing Syrian and American citizens, as rebels vow to hold the ousted leaders accountable.

After all, they did just that in 2013, preventing Assad's opponents from advancing into Damascus. This time, Hezbollah was in disarray. Many of its top officials, including longtime leader Hassan ...

Syrian authorities said Tuesday they had arrested a former officer in the feared security apparatus of ousted ruler Bashar al-Assad, the latest such announcement as the new government pursues ...