The Alawite sect of Shiite Islam thrived under the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, though it accounts for only 10% of the ...

Bashar al-Assad, the president of 24 years, was gone. Opposition fighters had advanced towards Damascus, taking major cities including Aleppo. I couldn't believe what I was seeing: Syria was free.

The incident follows a wave of sectarian bloodshed last month, the worst since long-time president Bashar al-Assad was ousted ...

As his enemies closed in on Damascus, Bashar al-Assad, who ruled over ... Early on December 8, rebel fighters reached Damascus, prompting Assad to flee for his coastal stronghold of Latakia ...

The rebels battling the regime of President Bashar al-Assad are largely made up of Sunnis ... In the northeast, Western countries have supported Kurdish fighters, which Turkey opposes.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently revealed that Israeli fighter jets intercepted Iranian aircraft heading ...

Neither President Bashar al-Assad nor his loyalists were held accountable ... hit a good mile or two from the front line, where rebel fighters were guarding the approaches against government ...

A freckled former teen fighter, Halaby lost his right leg in a 2017 air and artillery attack by Syrian forces loyal to then-President Bashar al-Assad. With Assad's ouster in December, Halaby ...

The involvement of the Republican Guard meant that "Bashar (al-Assad ... RUSSIAN BASE Early on December 8, rebel fighters reached Damascus, prompting Assad to flee for his coastal stronghold ...

As his enemies closed in on Damascus, Bashar al-Assad, who ruled over ... Early on December 8, rebel fighters reached Damascus, prompting Assad to flee for his coastal stronghold of Latakia ...