The tomb of the father of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's has been set on fire by ... The burning of Hafez's tomb comes after his son fled Syria following a lightning offensive ...

Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez, ruled Syria for more than half a century but how did one family achieve and maintain ...

Lebanese officials say the wife and daughter of one of deposed Syrian president Bashar Assad’s cousins have been arrested at ...

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. Images taken from Qardaha, the ...

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. Images taken from Qardaha ...

Like the son who succeeded him ... died in a car crash in 1994. Bashar al-Assad was then thrust into the national spotlight and studied military science, later becoming a colonel in the Syrian ...

Hope and uncertainty fill the streets of Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. The challenges of rebuilding are enormous ...

Bashar al-Assad was never expected to rule Syria. Bashar al-Assad is the second son of Hafez al-Assad, a military officer who led a coup in 1970 and ruled Syria for nearly 30 years.

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 ...

At the town's municipal building, dozens of notables sat on bleachers discussing the country's new reality and what they ...

When Syrian rebels roared into Damascus after a lightning advance on the capital, they exalted in their triumph over ...