Rifaat al-Assad, the brother of the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad known by critics as the “butcher of Hama” for crushing an Islamist uprising in the city in 1982 before unsuccessfully ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People hold a poster of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during a rally in support of Russia ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Torn photos of overthrown President Bashar al-Assad and his father Hafez al-Assad on the floors of the 'Palestine Branch' prison ...

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 ...

Syrian Kurds ran their own autonomous region for 12 years after breaking away from the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

Syrian dictator Bashar Assad and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin at an air base in Syria, December 11, 2017 (Sputnik / Mikhail Klimentyev via Reuters) Editor’s Note: The below is an expanded version ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan 21 (Reuters) - Rifaat al-Assad, the brother of the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad known by critics as the "butcher of ...