As the second son of Hafez al-Assad, the uncompromising military dictator who established one of the Middle East’s most murderous dynasties, Bashar had been destined for a quiet life as an ...

Moises Saman won two Pulitzer Prizes for photography in May. One was in the Feature Photography category for his coverage of ...

The tomb of the former Syrian dictator Hafez al-Assad has been set alight, according to numerous reports, just days after an uprising swept his son Bashar from power.

A week after Bashar Al Assad fled Syria, bringing down the curtain on a 54-year family dynasty, the extent to which his regime's oppressive rule used brutality quickly emerged.

Syrian rebels have set on fire the tomb of the country’s former President Hafez al-Assad in his hometown in the northwest, a war monitor said on Wednesday. Assad ruled Syria for 30 years until ...

The funeral of Bashar al-Assad’s father, Hafez al-Assad. His "departure" was much more stately and calm than his son’s retreat this past week. For some 30 years, he had ruled Syria with an ...

Less than two weeks after Ahmad al-Sharaa ousted Bashar al-Assad in Syria, a U.S. State Department delegation arrived in ...

Assad’s most-notorious death factory, the hangings had become routine. Once a month, around midnight, the guards at Saydnaya ...