FILE - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during ... a major threat following the ouster of Bashar Assad's government, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told The Associated Press.

The 46th president mixed foreign weakness with domestic fecklessness to make his administration an era-defining bad example.

A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 ...

Syria's former President Bashar Al-Assad fled to Moscow when rebel forces captured Damascus after a stunning sweep across the ...

During his two-decade rule, Bashar al-Assad and his officials carried out numerous atrocities, some of which have been documented by human rights groups. Now, as Syria begins a new chapter, the hard ...

DAMASCUS, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Syrian authorities have arrested a former senior security officer and cousin of ousted leader Bashar al-Assad seen by some as responsible for sparking the country's ...

We have surveyed and interviewed hundreds of former and active rebel fighters in Syria, including members of HTS, in the months leading up to the offensive that ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad ...

When the senior Assad died, the parliament quickly lowered the minimum age for candidates from 40 to 34, Bashar al-Assad’s age at the time. He was elected unopposed; the regime claimed he ...