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 ...

The wives of two United Nations envoys have created a YouTube video calling on Syria's first lady, Asma Assad, to "stop your husband" — President Bashar Assad — in his crackdown on a popular uprising ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian first lady Asma al-Assad has started treatment for early stage breast cancer, Syrian state media reported on Wednesday. A photo published by the state news agency SANA and ...

On the anniversary of the 2018 Yarmouk camp attack, Alexander Bustos argues the Assad regime worked to weaken Palestinian ...