Bashar al-Assad rose to power in 2000 following the death of his father, who had ruled Syria for 30 years. Initially trained as an eye doctor in London, Bashar was not groomed to lead. According ...

Dec. 9 (UPI) --President Bashar al-Assad of Syria was ousted over the weekend by jihadist-led rebels and has fled to Russia, ending his family's five-decade rule of the Middle Eastern country.

Bashar Assad never intended to go into politics. He became one of the world's most brutal dictators, whose thuggish rule ended abruptly when rebels stormed into Damascus Saturday night, causing ...

It’s a safe bet that Bashar al-Assad will be judged by future historians to be among a handful of the most monstrous and murderous of 21st-century dictators. Yet it’s not impossible that had ...

Six months after the downfall of Bashar Al Assad, Syria’s new leader Ahmad Al Shara has established himself on the global ...

Syrians mark six months since Assad’s fall with reflections, hopes, and calls for justice as the country attempts to rebuild ...

Premieres Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Investigating the Assad regime's arrest, torture and ...

The fallout of Bashar al-Assad’s ouster in Syria is raising concerns in Germany, where the health sector could be upended if the thousands of Syrian doctors working there decided to return home.