Bashar al-Assad

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

The overall toll during this week's unrest was not immediately clear

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

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
Middle East

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
Middle East

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
Middle East

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
Middle East

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
Middle East

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
Middle East

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
World+Biz

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
Middle East

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
Middle East

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

Illustration: TBS
Analysis

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

A poster depicting Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is placed on a building in Damascus, after last week's rebel seizure of Aleppo marked the biggest offensive for years, Syria December 5, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Firas Makdesi/File Photo
Middle East

Syrian rebels topple President Assad, PM calls for free elections