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.
What happened in Syria? How did al-Assad fall?
Dec 8, 2024 · In the early hours of Sunday morning, opposition forces declared Syria liberated from the rule of President Bashar al-Assad as opposition forces surged into the capital. The former president...
After decades of brutal rule, Bashar al-Assad’s regime has been …
Dec 9, 2024 · For half a century, the Assad family ruled over Syria with an iron fist, with long-documented reports of mass incarceration torture, extra-judicial killings and atrocities against their own...
The fall of Bashar Assad after 13 years of war in Syria brings to an ...
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 …
Bashar al-Assad | Family, Biography, Religion, Fleeing, & Facts ...
3 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.
In Syria, the Assads leave a bitter legacy after a half-century of ...
Dec 8, 2024 · President Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez al-Assad, combined to rule Syria for more than a half-century, always with an iron fist that crushed all dissent and relied heavily on the...
Who is Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian leader whose family ruled …
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 rebel...
Syria’s Bashar al-Assad: The president who lost his homeland
Dec 8, 2024 · After more than 13 years of war, hundreds of thousands of people killed and millions displaced, the 24-year rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is over.
Inside the Final Days of the Assad Regime in Syria - The New York …
Dec 21, 2024 · President Bashar al-Assad, who wielded fear and force over Syria for more than two decades, fled the country under the cover of night — and a fake political address. A banner of former President ...
Bashar al-Assad of Syria Falls to Rebels - The New York Times
Dec 8, 2024 · The government of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, which had kept rebel forces at bay for more than a decade with Iranian and Russian military support, collapsed with astonishing speed on ...