Bashar al-Assad is the former president of Syria who held power for decades before his government was overthrown during a rebel offensive. Assad fled to Moscow and was granted political asylum after ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2010 file photo, Syria President Bashar al-Assad arrives at the Elysee Palace in Paris for his meeting with ...

Bashar al-Assad is reportedly spending his exile playing video games. His hobby of choice sets up an unexpected contrast with his earlier public comments on gaming. Assad, who succeeded his father as ...

A Syrian court sentenced ousted President Bashar al-Assad and his brother to death in absentia this week for murder, torture and crimes against humanity committed before and during the country’s ...

(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 accident.

The judge who sentenced Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia last week was himself sentenced to death in absentia by the same regime years earlier. Judge Fakhr al-Din al-Aryan ...

Lebanese authorities have detained a relative of ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad along with the son of a notorious drug dealer.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Syria's de facto leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani, walks in the presidential palace ahead ...

Bashar Assad, right, and his brother Maher Assad, center, stand during the funeral of their father, former President Hafez Assad, in Damascus, Syria, June 13, 2000. (AP Photo, File) A Syrian court ...

Read full article: Storms fade as skies gradually clear in Northeast Florida, Southeast Georgia DAMASCUS – A Syrian court on Tuesday sentenced ousted President Bashar Assad and his brother in absentia ...

DAMASCUS – A Syrian court on Tuesday sentenced ousted President Bashar Assad and his brother in absentia for murder, torture and crimes against humanity committed before and during the country's ...

A Syrian court sentenced ousted President Bashar Assad along with his younger brother to death in absentia on Tuesday for crimes against humanity and war crimes during the country’s 14-year conflict ...