Assad, the language of authority has changed in Syria. Yet these new titles (“Emir,” “Branch Emir” or “Sheikh of the group") ...

France's highest court will decide if former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad can be stripped of head-of-state immunity, opening the door for his trial in absentia over alleged chemical attacks. View ...

France's highest court is ruling on whether it can strip Bashar al-Assad, the former Syrian leader now in exile in Russia, of ...

1994 - Syrian President Hafez Assad’s oldest son and heir apparent, Basel, dies in a car accident. Second son Bashar, is called back from medical training in Britain and is groomed to take over ...

-- President Bashar al-Assad of Syria is the center of attention in the aftermath of a United States airstrike against a Syrian air base where a chemical attack was initiated earlier this week ...

Bashar al-Assad came to power in 2000 after his father’s death and spent the better part of 14 years fighting the civil war.

Under Assad, Syria’s biggest regional benefactor was Iran, but since the Oct. 7 attacks, it has withstood Israeli military strikes and watched its Palestinian ally, Hamas, also weakened by Israel.

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Bashar al-Assad, who was president of Syria from 2000 to 2024. 1994 – Syrian President Hafez Assad’s oldest son and heir apparent, Basel, dies in a car ...

France's highest court ruled on Friday that an arrest warrant for former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad was invalid as it was ...

The tyrant Bashar al-Assad has been toppled.” They added that they had also freed prisoners from the prison complex Sednaya, a major facility on the outskirts of the capital city.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad remains a mystery to most Americans. Sept. 9, 2013 — -- intro: The eyes of the world, and the laser sights of U.S. guided missiles, are trained on Syria. U.S ...