Bashar al-Assad - Wikipedia
Bashar al-Assad[a] (born 11 September 1965) is a Syrian politician, military officer, and former dictator [1] who served as the 19th president of Syria from 2000 until his government was overthrown by Syrian rebels in December 2024.
Fall of Syria's President puts an end to the Assad family’s 54 years …
Dec 8, 2024 · BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad fled the country on Sunday, bringing to a dramatic close his nearly 14-year struggle to hold onto control as his country fragmented in a brutal civil war that became a proxy battlefield for …
What happened in Syria’s civil war, who took over and what’s
Dec 9, 2024 · The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s brutal dictatorship seemed a distant prospect two weeks ago. But Syria’s rebels completed a speedy and stunning march to power on Sunday, starting an uncertain ...
What happened in Syria? How did al-Assad fall?
Dec 8, 2024 · Syria’s evolving war shifts balance against Assad regime, allies Israel has bombed what it says was a ‘Hezbollah smuggling route’ on the Lebanon-Syria border. Published On 6 Dec 2024 6 Dec 2024
How it happened: Two seismic weeks that toppled Syria’s …
Dec 8, 2024 · President Bashar Assad, Syria’s ruler for 24 years — succeeding his father, Hafez Assad — fled the country. Russian state media reported that he was in Moscow. It’s a stunning development in Syria’s devastating 13-year conflict.
In Syria, the Assads leave a bitter legacy after a half-century of ...
Dec 8, 2024 · With opposition forces entering the capital Damascus, Assad flew out of the city early Sunday morning and arrived in Moscow, where the Kremlin has granted asylum to the deposed leader, according...
Who is Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian leader whose family ruled with …
Dec 8, 2024 · Syria’s iron-fisted leader Bashar al-Assad is the second generation of an autocratic family dynasty that held power for more than five decades and his disappearance amid a lightning...
Bashar al-Assad | Family, Biography, Religion, Fleeing, & Facts ...
2 days ago · Bashar al-Assad is a Syrian dynast who succeeded his father Hafez al-Assad as president of Syria in 2000 and served until 2024, when he was toppled after 13 years of civil war.
What to know about Assad's fall and what might happen next in Syria
Dec 9, 2024 · For much of its 13 years, the horrors of Syria’s grinding civil war felt unending. Now, after just 11 days, the regime of President Bashar al-Assad is gone, the dictator fleeing his country in...
Syria Faces Big Challenge in Seeking Justice for Assad Regime …
3 days ago · That means prosecutions for Assad-era abuses could risk fueling Syria’s sectarian tensions. The justice system was for years little more than a tool for Mr. al-Assad, making it ill equipped to ...