Bashar al-Assad was the 19th president of Syria, entering office in 2000 succeeding his father Hafez al-Assad as the country's leader and as head of the Ba'ath Party. He was ousted in December 2024 by ...

A Syrian court held its first hearing on Sunday in the trial of ousted president Bashar al-Assad and senior officials from ...

Syria has opened its first public trial of officials connected to the government of former President Bashar Assad.

Biden said that while the news is positive for the Middle East, he warned that it marks "a moment of risk and uncertainty." President Joe Biden spoke Sunday on the collapse of the Syrian government ...

As Syria celebrates one year since the fall of the Assad regime, reports continue to provide details about the lives of the Assads. A new report at Al-Arabiya notes, “The ousted Syrian president, ...

Atef Najib was head of the Political Security Branch in southern Syria’s Daraa province under Assad. He faces charges related ...

The embattled leader insisted his forces had turned over all their chemical weapons stocks years ago. In an exclusive interview with AFP in Damascus-- his first since the alleged April 4 attack ...

The ability of the U.S. to punish the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for allegedly launching chlorine weapons attacks may be limited despite “damning evidence,” a U.S. official said.