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 ...

Qashash said he followed them into the city. At a lawyers’ union headquarters ... former President Hafez al-Assad, was felled. The statues were carried away, possibly for scrap metal.

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 ...

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 ...