Here’s a look at ongoing civil war in Syria. Facts Bashar al-Assad ruled Syria as president from July 2000-December 2024. His father, Hafez al-Assad, ruled Syria from 1970-2000. The ongoing violence ...

He signaled for me to sit next to him and recited the facts: Abdullah had been standing by his family’s house in the ... loyalty to Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez, “our eternal leader.” ...

The Assad dictatorship started in 1970 when Hafez Al-Assad, Bachar’s father ... His wife, Amira, adds: “We couldn’t even cross the street from our house.” The family once owned 200 sheep—all of which ...

UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – When President Trump first addressed the UN General Assembly back in September 2017—just after he ...

Weeks after sectarian revenge killings, a religious minority reckons with what happened and the possibility of a united Syria.

In the final drama, two Alawite generals, Salah Jadid and Hafez al-Assad, battled for supremacy, a rivalry that ended when Assad prevailed in 1970. Hafez al-Assad, Damascus, 1973. Bashar al-Assad ...

This Ramadan, Syrians marked the 14th anniversary of the start of their country’s civil war. The conflict began as one of ...

On a government building, the faces of former presidents Bashar and Hafez ... al-khatib, a representative of Twelver Shiites in Syria, said many from the Shiite minority felt scared after Assad ...

Tel Aviv hopes to leverage the martial reputation of the Druze to be a buffer against Iran-backed militias on its northern ...

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