Once hailed as a Western-friendly reformer, Bashar al-Assad transformed into one of the world’s most brutal autocrats. From ...
Assad’s downfall would be a chance to come together and heal the wounds of the victims’ families. It was not to be. The ...
Under Mr Assad Syria sank from middle-income status to abject poverty. Women saw branches off trees for heating. Children ...
The death toll from two days of clashes between security forces and loyalists of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has ...
Smoke rises while members of the Syrian forces ride on a vehicle as they battle against a nascent insurgency by fighters from ousted leader Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect, in Latakia, Syria March ...