It was after Bashar al-Assad violently clamped down on protesters ... insists that his organisation will respect all Syrians, regardless of religion. Others see the transition of power threatened ...

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

The utilizing religion for policing risks new conflicts ... 20 stations have reopened since the ousting of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, each staffed by around 10 officers. REUTERS More than 200,000 ...

Syrian President Hafez al-Assad advised Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the strongman of the region at the time, to communicate with his son and heir to the presidency, Bashar al-Assad.

Former President Bashar al-Assad brutally clamped down on peaceful ... Protestor Rita Mohamad says, she's not anti-religion. RITA MOHAMAD: (Non-English language spoken). AL-SHALCHI: "Being secular ...

When Bashar al-Assad was toppled in December, the iconography of posters, billboards and statues emblematic of his family’s brutal decades-long grip on the country also came down. The images of ...