The hopes of liberalization raised at the start of Hafez al-Assad's son's rule were short-lived. Urged by his family, the ...

The leader of the former rebel group that toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad has been named the country's interim ...

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik on July 25, 2024, Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad meets with Russian president at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 24 ...

FILE - Syria's de facto leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani, walks in the presidential palace ahead of his meeting with Walid Ellafi, Libyan minister of state for ...

Leader of Rebels Who Toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad Is Named ... constitution — adopted in 2012, under Assad's rule — was annulled. He said al-Sharaa would be authorized to form a ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The Syrian factions that toppled President Bashar Assad ... the head of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which led the lightning offensive that toppled Assad in early December.

The leader of Syria's rebels who toppled president Bashar al-Assad last month was named the country's interim president on Wednesday as former insurgents cancelled the existing constitution ...

Sharaa was already de facto head of Syria's government ever since a coalition of rebel fighters swept through most of Syria ...

The timeline, which has not been previously reported, said that Gabbard and Bashar al-Assad met at ... both parties by defending Assad and his longtime ally, Russian president Vladimir Putin.

FILE - Syria's de facto leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, formerly known as Abu ... DAMASCUS – The Syrian factions that toppled President Bashar Assad last month named an Islamist former rebel leader ...

When Israel launched its latest encroachment on Syrian territory in September, two months before Bashar al-Assad’s fall, there were no bullets fired. The Syrian president’s response was to ...

He became president in 2000 after the death of his ... the parliament quickly lowered the minimum age for candidates from 40 to 34, Bashar al-Assad’s age at the time. He was elected unopposed ...