France will return assets worth more than €50 million ($57 million) linked to Syria's ousted Assad regime, President Emmanuel ...

Bashar al-Assad was the 19th president of Syria, entering office in 2000 succeeding his father Hafez al-Assad as the country's leader and as head of the Ba'ath Party. He was ousted in December 2024 by ...

Assad, a cousin of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, began on Wednesday at the Palace of Justice in Damascus, marking the first court case involving a member of the ...

Blasts occur near hotel French president was reportedly staying in shortly after he departs for presidential palace.

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Bashar al-Assad, who was president of Syria from 2000 to 2024. 1994 – Syrian President Hafez Assad’s oldest son and heir apparent, Basel, dies in a car accident.

A Syrian court held its first hearing on Sunday in the trial of ousted president Bashar al-Assad and senior officials from his former government, state media said. Assad and his brother Maher al-Assad ...

Fifteen women are appointed, after only six female candidates were selected by regional electoral colleges last October.

Syrian officials said late Thursday the country had captured an IS-linked cell responsible for two bomb blasts during French ...

Bashar al-Assad is the former president of Syria who held power for decades before his government was overthrown during a rebel offensive. Assad fled to Moscow and was granted political asylum after ...