Thousands of Syria’s Jews left in recent decades. But after Assad’s ouster and easing of sanctions, they can now reconnect ...

Syrian rebel fighters have destroyed the tomb of former president Hafez al-Assad, father of ousted president Bashar al-Assad, in a symbolic move marking the end of the Assad family’s 54-year rule.

Syria’s PM says al-Assad military collaborators to be brought to justice. Tomb of Hafez al-Assad, father of removed president Bashar al-Assad, torched as new PM pledges peace after 13 years of war.

Hafez al-Assad's Syria: Forging a dynasty, at any price By Gilles Paris Published on February 7, 2025, at 4:00 am (Paris), updated on February 7, 2025, at 9:40 am. 7 min read Lire en français.

Hafez al-Assad was an air force officer who seized power in a 1970 coup. Syria had already endured repeated coups, most of them short-lived. But Assad ruthlessly suppressed any potential ...

Syrian rebels have desecrated the tomb of ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad’s father, former Syrian President Hafez al Assad.. Hafez al Assad ruled Syria with an iron fist from 1970 to 2000 ...

Syria’s iron-fisted leader Bashar al-Assad is the second generation of an autocratic family dynasty that held power for more than five decades and his disappearance amid a lighting rebel advance ...

Rebels destroyed the tomb of late Syrian president Hafez al-Assad, father of the recently ousted president, by lighting it on fire in northwestern Syrian town of Qardaha, wire photos showed Wednesday.

People celebrate after the statue of former President of Syria Hafez al-Assad is toppled by the crowd in Homs, Syria in this screengrab obtained from a social media video released on December 8, 2024.

Half a century of dictatorship between Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez. Half a million lives lost in a civil war under the younger Assad's hand. Now that he's gone, Syria is looking toward ...

From Syria, an account of life under siege sets a path for the country’s future. ... Imprisoned for opposing Hafez al-Assad, she was tortured and detained from 1987 to 1991.

Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, has fled the country, according to his closest ally, Russia. The dramatic move brings a sudden end to half a century of rule by Assad and his family.