Relatives of Bashar Assad arrested as they tried to fly out of Lebanon, officials say
Lebanese officials say the wife and daughter of one of deposed Syrian president Bashar Assad’s cousins have been arrested at ...
No Evidence Bashar al-Assad Was 'Poisoned' in 'Assassination Bid'
The Telegram account General SVR is popular with British tabloids but has a less-than-perfect track record for truth.
Bashar al-Assad's wife Asma 'barred from UK' for potentially lifesaving cancer treatment
Bashar al-Assad ’s critically ill wife will not be allowed to return to the UK for cancer treatment after her British ...
Ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad flees to parts unknown as rebels declare country is 'free of the tyrant'
The rebels, which operate under the military command of the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group (HTS), moved into the capital ...
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Captagon, the drug that turned Syria into a narco-state under Bashar al-Assad’s dictatorship
The fall of the regime brings to light the scheme by which Damascus produced 80% of this substance during the war. The rebel ...
The Fall of Bashar Assad After Nearly 14 Years of War in Syria Brings End to Decades-Long Dynasty
BEIRUT — 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 ...
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Assad makes first public statement after Syria ouster. What happens next for him and his wealth?
Toppled Syrian leader Bashar Assad has released what appeared to be his first public statement since his regime was ousted by rebel forces and he fled with his family to Russia more than a week ago.
Bashar al-Assad Claims Russians Forced His Evacuation from Syria
Assad's statement on Monday appeared to contradict the announcement made by the Russian foreign ministry after the Kremlin had granted asylum to the former Syrian leader. The ministry said that Assad ...
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Syrians celebrate end of the Assad family's half-century rule after president flees to Moscow
President Bashar Assad and other officials left Syria, after resigning and hosting negotiations with rebel groups, Russia's Foreign Ministry claimed Sunday. Hours later, Russian state media news ...
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Assad lived in quiet luxury while Syrians went hungry
Bashar al-Assad, for all his autocratic power, cultivated a relatively modest public image. He flaunted nothing like the mega-yachts and network of marble baroque and rococo palaces of Iraq’s ...
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Inside now-exiled President Bashar al-Assad’s abandoned mansion in Syria — and his new life in Russia
President Bashar al-Assad has left Syria behind, fleeing to Russia with his family and leaving his once-impenetrable Damascus mansion to be ransacked by militants and rebels. Members of Jaish al ...
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From eye doctor to brutal dictator: The rise (and fall) of Syria's Bashar Assad
Bashar Assad never intended to go into politics. He became one of the world's most brutal dictators, whose thuggish rule ended abruptly when rebels stormed into Damascus Saturday night ...