This article was updated Dec. 9, 2024 at 6:10 p.m.* Asma al-Assad was always the friendly face of a brutal regime. The UK-born ophthalmologist married Bashar al-Assad in December 2000 just after ...

According to the Daily Telegraph, Asma al-Assad was placed in isolation to “avoid infection” and was not allowed to share a room. After a time of remission, the Telegraph reported that her ...

The Kremlin has denied reports that claim Asma al-Assad is seeking a return to London following her husband's exile in Moscow. Two African states are frustrating Moscow's efforts to establish a ...

Democrat Jeanne Shaheen, a ranking member of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, and Republican Rand Paul forwarded the ...

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

Syrian fighter pilot Ragheed Tatari was 26 when he was arrested. Now 70, the country's longest-serving political prisoner is finally free after Bashar al-Assad's fall, seeking justice and ...

Assad and his family arrived in Russia, granted asylum "on humanitarian grounds," Russian news agencies reported on Sunday, citing a Kremlin source. Rebel forces led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham ...

The family had a history with the regime: Rania’s father—a prominent religious scholar—had spent 13 years in prison under Assad’s father, President Hafez al-Assad, because of his ...

Syrian authorities have arrested a cousin of former President Bashar Assad, who is under U.S. sanctions for his alleged role in drug trafficking and support to forces loyal to the ousted government.

The extremist group claimed responsibility for two attacks, its first against the new government since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, a war monitoring group said. By Carlotta Gall The Islamic State ...

President Trump had promised to lift sanctions during his trip to the Middle East, where he met with President Ahmed al-Shara of Syria. By Isabela Espadas Barros Leal and James C. McKinley Jr. The ...

Most of the U.S. sanctions on Syria were imposed during the previous government of Bashar al-Assad, who carried out serious abuses against civilians including the use of chemical weapons ...