Following the collapse of 61 years of Ba'ath Party dictatorship and 53 years of the al-Asad dynasty in Damascus, our view of the geopolitical lanscape in Syria and the Middle East is similarly ...

Camera: MOHAMMED AL RIFAI. FOOTAGE OF THE TOPPLED STATUE OF HAFEZ AL-ASAD, FORMER SYRIAN PRESIDENT AND FATHER OF BASHAR AL-ASAD, WHO WAS OVERTHROWN AFTER A REBEL OFFENSIVE LAST DECEMBER.

The British wife of exiled dictator Bashar Al-Assad has been effectively barred from returning to the UK, reports claim. London-born Asma, 49 - said to have a "50-50" chance of survival as she ...