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Actress, engineer, jihadist's widow among Syria's new women MPs

In Syria's first post-Assad parliament, women lawmakers stand out more for their diversity than their numbers: a famous ...
Los Angeles Times

Syria’s ousted leader Assad says he wanted to keep fighting but Russian allies evacuated him

DAMASCUS, Syria — Ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad said Monday he wanted to stay in the country after rebels captured the capital, but the Russian military evacuated him from their base in western ...

Bashar Assad

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 ...
Los Angeles Times

Candid photos of Syria’s Assad expose a world beyond the carefully crafted and repressive rule

BEIRUT — Personal photos of ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad have surfaced from his abandoned residences, sparking ridicule among Syrians who until days ago were persecuted for criticizing his ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Opinion: The takedown of Bashar Assad impacts many in the U.S. Here’s how.

Syrian refugees in El Cajon danced in the streets upon hearing about the Dec. 7 collapse of the Assad dynasty, which hailed from the Shi’a Alawite minority and ruled the majority Arab Sunni population ...

Fall of Bashar al-Assad

'Syria after Assad' (2/4). Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's dictatorial regime one year ago, more than 1.2 million exiled Syrians have returned home. The journey back has often been extremely ...
Jurist

After Assad: Turkey’s Rise and Iran’s Decline in Syria

The lightning-fast overthrow of Bashar al-Assad by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in late 2024 has dramatically changed the regional balance of power in Syria. After years of military dominance ...
Business Insider

Post-Assad Syria will be a new challenge for America's Middle East strategy

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. In a lightning two-week campaign that shocked the world, Syrian rebels led by the Islamist Hayat ...
Forbes

Assad Collapse In Syria Start Of Chain Reaction That Ends With ‘Fall Of Iranian Regime,’ Predicts FDD Expert

On "Forbes Newsroom," Jonathan Conricus, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, explained why he thinks the end of Bashar al-Assad’s reign in Syria is the start of a chain ...
The Boston Globe

In Assad’s hometown, few shared in his family’s fortune. They hope they won’t share in his downfall

QARDAHA, Syria (AP) — On the walls of the palatial mausoleum built to house the remains of former Syrian President Hafez Assad, vandals have sprayed variations of the phrase, “Damn your soul, Hafez.” ...
CounterPunch

The Fall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad: What it Means

The overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, marking the end of more than 50 years of the Assad dynasty (1971 – 2024), is a dramatic event in the Middle East. It is difficult to make definite short- and ...
The New York Times

Al-Assad Is Gone, and One Idea Fills My Brain

Ms. Erhaim is a Syrian journalist working as a media and gender consultant in the Middle East and North Africa. See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra más de nuestra cobertura en ...