Bashar al-Assad

Bashar al-Assad

Rami Makhlouf (left) portrays himself as a messianic figure. Kamal Hassan (right) believes Alawites must take up arms to defend themselves. Photo: REUTERS/Illustration/Catherine Tai; Source photos: REUTERS/Stringer and Facebook

Assad's exiled spy chief and billionaire cousin plot Syrian uprisings from Russia

From exile in Moscow, ex-intel chief Kamal Hassan and Assad cousin Rami Makhlouf are spending millions of dollars in competing efforts to build fighting forces that would lead a revolt along Syria...

Syrian security forces clash with gunmen in al-Sanamayn on 5 March believed to be linked to the ousted Assad government’s military intelligence. Photo: Collected

Over 70 killed in Syria clashes between govt forces, Assad loyalists

A billboard with a picture of Syria's Bashar al-Assad shows damage by bullet holes in Damascus, December 16, 2024. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

More than 1,000 Syrians died in airport prison under Assad, report says

Christians attend a Christmas mass at the Lady of Damascus church, after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, December 24, 2024. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Syrian Christians attend Christmas mass for first time since fall of Assad

Assad fled to Russia yesterday (8 December) after a lightning offensive spearheaded by Islamist rebels ousted him from power. Photo: AFP

Assad gives account of last hours before leaving Syria

A burnt picture of President Bashar al-Assad hangs from a building, after rebels seized the capital and ousted the president, in Qamishli, Syria December 8, 2024. REUTERS/Orhan Qereman/File Photo

Assad denies 'planned' departure from Syria in first statement since ouster

A view shows a damaged poster of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo, after the Syrian army said that dozens of its soldiers had been killed in a major attack by rebels who swept into the city, in Syria November 30, 2024. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hassano

Assad's final hours in Syria: Deception, despair and flight

Rebel fighters sit on a vehicle, after rebels seized the capital and ousted President Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, December 9, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo

How Assad's army collapsed in Syria: demoralised conscripts, absent allies

Rebel fighters sit on a vehicle, after rebels seized the capital and ousted President Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, December 9, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo

Assad's fall in Syria exposes limits of China's Middle East diplomacy

File Photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visit the Hmeymim air base in Latakia Province, Syria December 11, 2017. Picture taken December 11, 2017. REUTERS

Syria's Assad, family in Moscow as Russia grants asylum on humanitarian ground

Donald Trump, UK Ambassador’s Residence, Paris, December 7, 2024. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw

Trump says Russia abandoned Syria's Assad, never should have been involved

Syrians, who were living in Lebanon and returned to Syria due to ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, wait near a picture of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad at the Syrian-Lebanese border, in Jdaydet Yabous, Syria September 25, 2024. REUTERS/Yamam al Shaar/File Photo

Assad's whereabouts unknown, army officers say he boarded flight

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First Hasina, now Assad: A super year of elections turn into a year of fleeing for both