Hafez Assad, was president for nearly three decades. The Assad family ruled Syria with an iron grip, locking up those who ...

When, aged 25, Asma Akhras swapped pursuing an MBA at Harvard for marrying a meek-looking ex-ophthalmology student named ...

The Syrian regime’s collapse came more quickly than the rebels had dreamed — the circumstances were both serendipitous and ...

"Perhaps Islamic rule will come … and the regime will become totalitarian again," SDC adviser Riad Darar told Newsweek.

After Hafez’s passing in the summer of 2000, we clung to the hope that the torch he left behind would fall into more ...

The scramble is on to define the future of Syria, quickly, to avert a war even more divisive than the conflict that has riven ...

Syrian rebel fighters have destroyed the tomb of former president Hafez al-Assad, father of ousted president Bashar al-Assad, ...

Asma al-Assad grew up in Acton, west London and, after attending a private girls' school, graduated from King's College ...

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 ...

Now covered in ashes and empty bullet casings, the grand mausoleum of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's family stood ...

After insurgents toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad this month, many senior officials and members of his dreaded ...

Ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad said Monday he wanted to stay in the country after rebels captured the capital, but ...