Bashar al-Assad is a Syrian politician and military officer who ruled Syria as a dictator from 2000 until his government was overthrown by Syrian rebels in 2024. As the 19th president of Syria, Assad was the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Armed Forces and the secretary-general of the Central Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. He is the son of Hafez al-Assad, who ruled from 1971 until his death in 2000.
Syrian and Russian forces battled to bring Syria's second city of Aleppo under Assad's full control for years, unleashing..
The US withdraws a $10M bounty on HTS leader Abu Mohammad al-Julani, enabling talks with Syria's new leadership after Assad's..
Syria's first domestic flight since the fall of Bashar al-Assad landed in Aleppo on Wednesday after taking off from the capital..
