In a stunning shift in Middle Eastern politics, Syria, under the leadership of Bashar al-Assad, has rejoined the Arab League ...

Maher al-Assad is wanted for war crimes and reportedly fled to Russia by way of Iraq as rebel forces took over Syria.

Before she was the wife of Bashar al-Assad, Asma Akhras enjoyed a privileged childhood in a terraced house in Acton, west London. The daughter of a cardiologist and a diplomat in the Syrian ...

How did Asma and Bashar al-Assad meet? Asma and Bashar al-Assad met during her childhood holidays in Syria, as her family frequently visited from the UK. Their relationship deepened when Bashar ...

Syria's long-time ruler Bashar al-Assad was overthrown after years of brutal civil war. More than five decades of ...