Initially, Assad tried to appease this religious opposition by presenting himself as a pious Muslim. He inserted a provision in Syria’s Constitution that the country’s president must be Muslim ...

How could Assad fall so quickly after so many years in power? Recent history shows that homegrown dictatorships (e.g., Cuba, North Korea, Venezuela, Iran) have considerable resiliency and staying ...

Bashar Assad never intended to go into politics. He became one of the world's most brutal dictators, whose thuggish rule ended abruptly when rebels stormed into Damascus Saturday night, causing ...

Assad walked away scot-free while the U.S. and its allies turned their attention to the black flag of ISIS. ... but this is the most important moment in recent Middle Eastern history.

The outskirts of one of the great cities of history has been bombed into the stone age. This was President Bashar al-Assad's answer to mostly unarmed protests that began in 2011. Many who rose ...

The Assad regime ruled Syria for 50 years. Here’s how it fell in less than two weeks ... This new triumph, my brothers, marks a new chapter in the history of the region.” ...

The Assad government is known to have large stocks of chemical weapons, dispersed at several locations around the country, and over the past six months there have been a number of reports of ...

Toppling of Syria's Assad most important moment in recent Middle East history: Reporter's notebook. A reformed rebel alliance overtook the capital, Damascus, on Sunday.

The Assad regime ruled Syria for 50 years. Here’s how it fell in less than two weeks ... This new triumph, my brothers, marks a new chapter in the history of the region.” ...