Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez, ... Inside the house of Assad. Story by The Week UK • 1w. A fter 54 years, the brutal Assad regime has fallen to almost unanimous rejoicing.

He didn’t look like a dictator. Awkward and gangly, his mannerisms unassuming, at least until he opened his mouth, Bashar al-Assad exuded none of the machismo of other Arab strongmen like ...

Assad's 'human slaughterhouse' prisons have been well-documented, where thousands died or vanished after being imprisoned ...

The House of Assad has finally fallen – but chaotic Syria could still be torn apart - COMMENT: Syrians have welcomed the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad but the celebrations may not last long as ...

Hafez al-Assad was one of a generation of Arab strongmen – among them Muammar Gaddafi in Libya, Saddam Hussein in Iraq, and Hosni Mubarak in Egypt – who came to power from the late 1960s onwards.