In the key city of Homs - which rebel fighters seized after just a day of fighting - thousands more filled the streets after the army withdrew, dancing and shouting "Assad is gone, Homs is free", and "Long liveSyriaand down with Bashar al Assad". This i...
The advances in the past week were among the largest in recent years by opposition factions, led by a group that has its origins in al-Qaida and is considered a terrorist organization by the U.S. and the United Nations. In their push to overthrow Assad's government, the insurgents have ...
Bashar’s cousin, Rami Makhlouf, became the country’s biggest businessman, heading a financial empire before the two had a falling-out that led to Makhlouf being pushed aside. Assad also increasingly entrusted key roles to his wife, Asma, before she announced in May that she was ...
华尔街流浪汉 作者 Assad's full statementAs terrorism spread across Syria and ultimately reached Damascus on the evening of Saturday, December 7, 2024, questions arose about the president’s fate and whereabouts.This occurred amidst a flood of misinformation and narratives far removed from the truth,...
Four years ago, the Obama administration declared that Syria's Bashar al-Assad must go. Today, President Assad is still there, but much of the country has gone. Assad's Syrian government has lost control over significant amounts of its territory -- to either ISIS or Syrian rebel groups. ...
Al-Assad is President of the Syrian Arab Republic. Since 2011, the civil war between the regime and an assortment of groups (loosely gathered under the umbrella of the Free Syrian Army) has resulted in approximately 580,000 people being killed, seven million displaced internally, and about seve...
Interior shots of President Bashar al Assad's bunker under his family home on the 11th of December 2024 in Damascus, Syria. Get premium, high-resolution news videos at Getty Images
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Syrian rebels declared they had ousted President Bashar al-Assad after seizing control of Damascus on Sunday, forcing him to flee and ending his family's decades of autocratic rule after more than 13 years of civil war. In a seismic moment for the Middle East, the Islamist rebels also dealt...
The neighbours say there was no advantage to living next door, 'only harm'.Friday 13 December 2024 12:40, UK Bashar al Assad Syria This is a modal window. undefined OK Close Modal Dialog Assad's neighbours talk of their difficulty living next door ...