How did Syria react to September 11? Syrian President Bashar al-Assad—an ophthalmologist who came to power after the death in June 2000 of his long-ruling father, Hafiz al-Assad—condemned the ...

EXCLUSIVE: Through a popular uprising and a long and hideous civil war, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime tottered at ...

Comics had already been trying to foster stand-up in Syria before Bashar al-Assad’s fall. Now, they are telling jokes in a liberated country, while warily eyeing the new government. By Raja ...

Those who refused were put in jails," he said, adding that any high-level officers in Assad’s forces had fled the country. While much of Syria was happy to see the ouster of Bashar al-Assad ...

Thousands of Syrians have poured into the streets and public squares to mark 14 years since the country’s civil war began, ...

From Donald Trump being shot at a campaign rally to Bashar al-Assad's shock overthrow, Newsweek writers on the moment of 2024: plus have your say. "I believe there will be violent fighting ...

Thousands of Syrians have poured into the streets and public squares to mark 14 years since the country’s civil war began, the first without Bashar Assad in ... Yaman al-Ali said he came to ...

This is the first celebration of the Syria's 2011 uprising since the fall of Bashar al-Assad — Bakr ALKASEM Syrians gathered on Saturday to commemorate the 14th anniversary of their uprising with a ...

Ramadan is peak season for watching Syrian TV dramas, a cherished tradition once stifled by censorship under Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Writers, actors and directors were exiled, yet many still ...