Bashar al-Assad

Rumours surround the whereabouts of the Syrian president, as rebels make advances near the capital's suburbs.

A lightening Syrian Islamist offensive over just days contributed to the demise of the over 50-year reign of the Assad Baathist regime in Damascus.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad boarded a plane and left Damascus for an unknown destination on Sunday, two senior army officers told Reuters.

Syria's armed opposition groups say they have captured the capital and President Bashar al-Assad has fled the country.

Syria's rebel alliance is edging closer to the capital Damascus, after anti-regime forces swept across the country in a lightning offensive.

The advances in the past week are by far the largest in recent years by opposition factions, led by a group that has its origins in al-Qaeda and is ...

Dec 8 (Reuters) - Syria's Bashar al-Assad used Russian and Iranian firepower to beat back rebel forces during years of civil war but never defeated them, ...

Celebrations have erupted in Syria's capital Damascus after opposition fighters announced on state television that the 24-year rule of President Bashar ...

After several hours of reports of rebels getting closer and closer, the forces declared Damascus "free" of long-time ruler Bashar al-Assad in the early hours of ...

After just a few days of rapid advances, the rebels appeared to control Syria's capital. They said they would work with a top official in President Bashar ...

Opposition fighters' lightning advance into the capital marks a historic turning point for the country.

Anti-regime forces declare Damascus 'free' of Assad as government forces withdraw presence.

Syria's iron-fisted leader Bashar al-Assad is the second generation of an autocratic family dynasty that held power for more than five decades and his ...

Initially seen as a potential reformer, Bashar al-Assad ruled Syria by imposing a brutal regime that imprisoned tens of thousands of dissidents and killed ...

President Bashar Assad and his father, Hafez Assad, combined to rule Syria for more than 50 years, always with an iron fist that crushed dissent and relied ...

Footage circulating on social media channels shows the rebels taking control of the state TV building and entering the control gallery to ready the broadcast. A ...

The statement from Assad's ally is the first on his whereabouts since rebels took control of Damascus.

After more than 13 years of war, hundreds of thousands of people killed and millions displaced, the 24-year rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is over ...

"I'm over the moon," Shadia Martini, a native of Syria who lives in Bloomfield Township, told the Free Press. "I'm so happy that this country is finally going ...

Responding to the ousting of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad following the seizure of power by opposition forces in the capital city of Damascus, ...

As Hemingway once wrote of bankruptcy, the collapse of autocratic regimes tends to happen gradually and then suddenly—slowly, and then all at once.

The United Arab Emirates and Israel have issued cautious statements over Assad's ousting, while Britain and Germany have welcomed the news.

Anti government forces ride past a Syrian regime military vehicle overturned on the road, after rebel took control of the central Hama governorate, on December ...

The ousted Syrian president and his family have been granted political asylum.

Syrians celebrate Bashar al-Assad's fall as rebels seize control of Damascus, forcing him to flee.

Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his family are in Moscow, according to Russian state media. Assad fled Damascus on Sunday in the wake of a rebel ...

The private residence of deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad was ransacked after rebels took over the capital, forcing him to flee the country.

President Bashar al-Assad had kept opposition forces at bay for a decade with help from Russia and Iran. But rebels struck at a moment of weakness for those ...

Mystery surrounded the whereabouts of Bashar al-Assad, who was no longer in Damascus when rebels captured the Syrian capital on Sunday, ending more than ...

After 13 years of war, Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria has been defeated. What comes next? How the Assad regime collapsed slowly, then all at once.

Syria's former President Bashar al-Assad is in Moscow with his family after Russia granted them asylum on humanitarian grounds, a Kremlin source told ...

ABC News' MaryAlice Parks and Patrick Reevell join ABC News Live to discuss the latest developments from Syria. The possible whereabouts ...

SCOTT DETROW, HOST: Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, has fled the country, according to his closest ally, Russia. The dramatic move brings a sudden end ...

SCOTT DETROW, HOST: Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, has fled the country, according to his closest ally, Russia. The dramatic move brings a sudden end ...

Over the past ten days, a range of Syrian rebel forces led by the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) have mounted an offensive against the Syrian regime of Bashar ...

Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, Syria on May 3, 2023. Matin Ghasemi/Borna News/Aksonline ATPImages/Getty Images. CNN ...

The decision to grant asylum to Bashar al-Assad comes amid concerns over Russian military bases in Syria.

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Syria's brutal civil war rekindled suddenly after 13 years, with rebel forces staging a shock offensive that forced long-time dictator Bashar al-Assad to ...

Damascus stirred back to life on Monday at the start of a hopeful but uncertain era after rebels seized the Syrian capital and President Bashar al-Assad ...

Assad's older brother was set to follow in father Hafez Assad's footsteps. Bashar learned fast how to rule with an iron fist. It became his undoing.

After the involvement of Russia, Iran and Hezbollah in the prolonged Syrian civil war, many observers assumed that Bashar al-Assad's forces had won the conflict ...

When the civil war erupted, the Syrian economy collapsed, as did the standard of living to which Syrians had become accustomed. The Syrian Army is a conscript ...

The Syrian army disintegrated in the face of the opposition offensive because of low morale and years of mismanagement.

Isaac Chotiner interviews Emile Hokayem about the internal dynamics that led the Assad regime to decline and what the rebels who overthrew the government ...