Images of Bashar al-Assad and his family were emblematic of the dynasty’s grip on Syria. Though remnants linger after the ...

Like many Syrians, I'd only ever known the country under the rule of Assad and his father Hafez, who had been in power from ...

Late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad was a masterful negotiator, fiercely protective of his image and reputation. He was ...

I grew up in this Syria. When I was a child, I remember, my father scolded my brother for telling his friends that Hafez al-Assad had imprisoned my uncles. When his son Bashar al-Assad took over ...

Between 1946 and 1970, Syria experienced ten successful coups and numerous failed ones before Hafez al-Assad finally consolidated power. While often framed as responses to government failure ...

In Jableh, a city in the Alawite heartland on Syria ... they had to chant their loyalty to Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez, “our eternal leader.” Even more dismaying than the schools ...

Clockwise Top L-R: Feras Fayyad; Citizens in Syria take down statues of Hafez al-Assad the father of Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria on December 9, 2024, A torn portrait of Bashar al-Assad ...

The Assad family's rule began in 1971 with Hafez al-Assad and continued with his son, Bashar al-Assad, from 2000. Throughout their tenure, the family maintained power through a combination of ...

The Syrian capital, Damascus, is regaining some of the spirit that was almost lost after years of war. With the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime, the city is breathing again and this year's Eid ...