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 ...

From wanted jihadist to statesman embraced by world leaders, Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa has undergone a stunning transformation in just six months since ousting longtime strongman ...

Image Abdullah al-Saloom said he risked his life to preserve banners from protests in the northwestern town of Kafranbel against the Assad government. “This is the history of the Syrian ...

Others gleefully ransacked the presidential palace and residence after Assad and other top officials vanished. Abu Mohammed al-Golani, a former al-Qaida commander who cut ties with the group years ...

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 ...

“I also commended President al-Sharaa on taking meaningful steps towards ... imposed on the government of former President Bashar Assad for its support of Iranian-backed militias and its ...

Sharaa’s newly published memoirs, he recounts the delaying and then derailing of the 2004 Arab Summit in Tunis.