Hafez al-Assad was one of a generation of Arab strongmen – among them Muammar Gaddafi in Libya, Saddam Hussein in Iraq, and Hosni Mubarak in Egypt – who came to power from the late 1960s onwards.

Bashar al-Assad was never expected to rule Syria ... Egypt was gripped by a revolution that would eject President Hosni Mubarak from power. Assad, who had yet to face protests against him ...

The footage, some of which was shared by the Syrian news outlet Zaman al-Wasl, is believed to date back to 17 April. Activists said unknown individuals dug up the grave and moved Hafez al-Assad ...

In the Jermana suburb, just ten kilometers from central Damascus, demonstrators brought down the statue of Hafez al-Assad, the late father of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday.

Series'The al-Assad saga' (4/4 ... of Tunisia and Hosni Mubarak (1928-2020) of Egypt had been ousted by their people, Assad told visiting US senators that he was immune to such an uprising.

The Assad family has built a broad network of investments and business interests over the decades since the patriarch, Hafez al-Assad, seized power in 1970. Among the international purchases made ...