Assad's final hours in Syria: Deception, despair and flight - The ...
Dec 16, 2024 · Assad visited Moscow on Nov. 28, a day after Syrian rebel forces attacked the northern province of Aleppo and lightning drive across the country, but his pleas for military …
Fall of Syria's President puts an end to the Assad family’s 54 years …
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad fled the country on Sunday, bringing to a dramatic close his nearly 14-year struggle to hold onto control as his country fragmented in a …
Bashar al-Assad releases first statement since he fled Syria
Dec 16, 2024 · In the first public remarks attributed to Bashar al-Assad since he left Syria, the deposed Syrian president has defended his rule and denied planning his departure as armed …
In Syria, the Assads leave a bitter legacy after a half-century ... - NPR
Dec 8, 2024 · Hafez al-Assad was an air force officer who seized power in a 1970 coup. Syria had already endured repeated coups, most of them short-lived. But Assad ruthlessly suppressed …
Assad's Hand Is Firm, And His Ear Attentive - The New York Times
Nov 29, 1975 · General Assad, whose predecessor, Maj. Gen. Salah Jadid, is now in jail, has maintained control over the country with the support of the armed forces and of his left‐wing …
What Assad’s fall means for the Middle East – and Russia
Dec 12, 2024 · By Saturday December 8 reports emerged that Homs, Syria’s third-largest city, had fallen – cutting government forces off from the Assad Alawite stronghold along the coast …
Khaled Mahjoub: The man with President Assad's ear
But many believe cynically – and their contention also bears the merit of truth – that Mr Mahjoub is President Assad's point man in the West, his role to persuade its leaders and journalists that...
The Fall of Assad’s Syria - The New Yorker
Dec 8, 2024 · For fifty-four years, generations of Syrians lived and died in a country that was colloquially known as Assad’s Syria. It was a place where children were taught that the walls …
The man with Assad’s ear - World - DAWN.COM
Sep 30, 2013 · It's a sad state of affairs when the guy with Assad's ear is so naive that he actually thinks the World is going to put together a Marshall type plan to rebuild Syria and keep Assad in...
Bashar al-Assad - Wikipedia
Bashar al-Assad[a] (born 11 September 1965) is a Syrian politician, military officer and former dictator [1] who served as the 19th president of Syria from 2000 until his government was …