The Paris-born, Damascus-raised director Soudade Kaadan reflects on life under Assad – and looks ahead with hope to a future ...

Documentary film Boxing for Freedom puts ... He showed us some DVDs singing in front of president Hafez al-Assad and Bashar al-Assad, in times of peace. We learned a lot about Syria, the past ...

After the fall of the Assad regime, displaced Syrian women are feeling more hopeful. But there is still plenty of uncertainty in Syria's postwar future. The post Displaced Syrian Women Are ...

On 20 May, Egypt’s ministry of religious affairs declared a state of holy war to liberate Palestine, while in Damascus defense minister Hafez al-Assad said it ‘was ... From Encroachment to Involvement ...

Series'The al-Assad saga' (Part 1/4). Before joining the military and building an Alawite caste around himself, Hafez al-Assad was a fervent supporter of the pan-Arab ideological movement.

Series'The al-Assad saga' (Part 2/4). The regime set up by Hafez al-Assad after the coup d'état of November 13, 1970, had only one objective: Its own continuity, at any price. Winter 1986 ...

served from 1984 to 1987 as Syria’s minister of oil and resources under President Hafez al-Assad. Droubi, who has a master's degree in Arabic language and literature, has three sons with Sharaa. Her ...

Hafez al-Assad, an Air Force general belonging to the Shiite offshoot Alawite sect, took power in a 1970 coup. Over the next 30 years, he consolidated his rule with an iron fist, most notably in ...

who led the offensive that toppled President Bashar al-Assad of Syria last month. Both countries have a lot riding on their relationship, and the public comments by the two leaders after they met ...

Saftali had no option but to ask for backup and turn to the Syrian government’s allies, who for 13 years had made decisive military interventions that swung the war in Bashar al-Assad’s favour.

Damascus (AFP) – A former minister under ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has turned himself in, the interior ministry said Tuesday, making him one of the highest-profile figures captured ...