Exiled Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was hospitalized recently after being poisoned while hiding out in Russia, according to a human rights watchdog. al-Assad, a longtime ally of Russian President ...

Syria held its first parliamentary election on Sunday, nearly a year after a surprise rebellion toppled longtime President Bashar al-Assad in December. Security forces were deployed around polling ...

Human rights group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights disclosed that the former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had been poisoned in an assassination attempt. According to The U.S. Sun, the group ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Bashar al-Assad, who was president of Syria from 2000 to 2024. 1994 – Syrian President Hafez Assad’s oldest son and heir apparent, Basel, dies in a car accident.

Bashar al-Assad passes the time playing online video games in his Moscow high-rise, according to a former military officer close to the Assad family who spoke to German newspaper Die Zeit. The ousted ...

Syria’s uncertain future under jihadist-turned-statesman Ahmad al-Sharaa. FRONTLINE examines Syria’s uncertain future under jihadist-turned-statesman Ahmad al-Sharaa. After the fall of Bashar al-Assad ...

The image of Ashraf Ghani, Afghanistan’s former president, fleeing Kabul in a helicopter filled with cash after the Taliban took over is still fresh in many people’s minds. Ghani had to leave some of ...