The writing was on the wall during a Nov. 28 trip to Moscow, where Assad’s pleas to the Kremlin fell on deaf ears as Russia was too busy invading Ukraine, three regional diplomats said.

DAMASCUS, Syria — The Assad regime made Syria an informant state, with surveillance that turned the country on itself. Neighbors and colleagues reported on each other in every district and ...

Bashar al-Assad's regime collapsed in just 12 days, ending over five decades of authoritarian rule in Syria. A swift and coordinated offensive by opposition forces, led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham ...

Trump stunned even close observers on Tuesday by saying he wants to normalize relations after Syria’s longtime president, Bashar al Assad, was toppled in December. Trump met Wednesday with Assad ...

Bashar al-Assad and his family are in Moscow, where Russia has granted them political asylum, a source in the Kremlin told the state news agency TASS. Assad was in Damascus on Saturday and fled ...

Assad and his family fled Syria in December 2024 after his regime collapsed, taking refuge in Russia. In January, Syria’s new government requested his extradition but was turned down.