All news on the topic: Bashar al-Assad

On Dec. 9, Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Syria has entered a “bright period” in its history.

The comments are the first by the ousted leader since he was overthrown by insurgent groups.

Foreign secretary says Britain is also working diplomatically to secure better governance in Syria after ousting of Assad

Victims of Bashar al-Assad’s regime were silenced for years - but after the Syrian president was toppled by rebel forces, they can now speak out about the torture they faced

Abu Hassan al-Hamwi’s HTS group coordinated rebels to create a unified war effort that included a specialist drone unit

Events in Syria have moved at lightning pace over the last two weeks.

US voices concern over continuing offensive by Turkish-backed rebel groups against Kurdish groups guarding prisons and camps

Syrian rebels seized control of Damascus in an offensive that toppled the iron-fisted ‘tyrant’ President Bashar al-Assad and took the world by surprise.

Any prospect of British jihadists returning from Syria would be "a concern" and the UK is keeping "a very close eye" on the situation, a Home Office minister has said.

Asma Al Assad was once seen as the face of female liberation in the Middle East; with her successful career in banking and her secular British upbringing.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s extended family and associates own $40 million worth of luxury apartments in Moscow’s skyscraper district, according to the anti-corruption campaign group Global Witness.

Syrian rebels say they have discovered a huge tunnel network underneath Bashar Al-Assad’s palaces.

As statues of Assad and his father Hafez were being toppled across Syria, in Damascus a jubilant Ghazal al-Sharif was rejoicing. He said: “Damn his soul and the soul of the entire Assad family"

Syrian rebels have toppled Bashar al-Assad, ending his family’s 54-year authoritarian rule after nearly 14 years of war - and the leader is now in Moscow with family

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s plane has disappeared from flight tracking information after he and his family reportedly fled the country as rebels took Damascus

Syrian rebels say Syria is free of Assad

Islamist-led opposition forces have captured Aleppo and Hama, catching President Assad’s regime off guard, and could soon have a route to the capital

A system set up to channel dollars from Iraqi oil sales to importers has been exploited by money launderers and militant groups for years. An OCCRP investigation shows how the fraud works in practice.

The Syrian army is getting its hands on new-looking EU-branded trucks. An undercover investigation found evidence of a secretive supply chain routing vehicles from Europe to Syria through neighboring countries such as Jordan and Lebanon.

The “Dubai Unlocked” investigative reports reveal that US sanctions have not prevented prominent figures connected to the Syrian regime from acquiring and investing in the small emirate, raising questions about the perks enjoyed by regime insiders there.

Members of Assad regime sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment on Friday after landmark trial in Paris

The 32-year-old knifeman served in warmonger Bashar al-Assad's military from June 2011 to December 2012, which is why his asylum application in Sweden was refused

While no one knows exactly where warmonger Bashar al-Assad, his British wife Asma al-Assad and their three children live, they have multiple palaces throughout country and a net worth of a few million

Children and women died as a result of the collapse in the Sheikh Maqsood neighbourhood of Aleppo city, in the country's northwest