A colossal statue of Hafez al-Assad was once a powerful symbol of Syria’s ruling regime, looming over the Damascus-Aleppo ...

Since al-Assad’s fall, Jolani has started making statements in civilian clothing and even shortened his beard, a move largely ... former President Hafez al-Assad, are themselves Alawites from ...

How did the Assads come to power? Hafez al-Assad was one of a generation of Arab strongmen – among them Muammar Gaddafi in Libya, Saddam Hussein in Iraq, and Hosni Mubarak in Egypt – who came ...