Syria, Bashar al-Assad

War in Syria: How Bashar al-Assad’s inner circle fled after his fall
A lightning rebel offensive early this month caught Syria’s ruling clan off guard. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia on December 8, leaving behind many of his collaborators, some of whom sought refuge in neighbouring countries.
Why is Israel attacking Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad?
Israel is celebrating the fall of Assad because it breaks the noose that Iran had been patiently tightening around Israel’s borders in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria. Tehran’s pincer is now broken and rendered useless. From the point of view of Israel’s wider conflict with the Islamic Republic, the collapse of Assad’s regime is a strategic victory.
What is HTS? Here's what to know as Syrian rebels say Bashar al-Assad has fled
Syrian rebel forces led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, declared they had ousted President Bashar al-Assad and he had fled Damascus on Sunday. But what is HTS, and how did it rock the long-simmering tensions in Syria? HTS is a Sunni Islamist militant and political group that traces its roots to the beginning of the Syrian civil war.
How Syria’s rebels overcame years of a bloody stalemate to topple Assad
The Syrian regime’s collapse came more quickly than the rebels had dreamed — the circumstances were both serendipitous and part of a larger global realignment.
How Assad's Inner Circle Fled Syria After His Fall
According to two sources, the ousted president, who fled to Moscow via the Russian military airfield in Hmeimim on Syria's coast, was accompanied by only a handful of confidants.
Ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says he didn't consider stepping down or fleeing
Ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad said he did not consider stepping down or fleeing the country, but remained until Russia ...
Ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad issues his first statement since leaving the country
Ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad planned to keep fighting rebel forces in the country before Russia evacuated him, ...
The Lancet1d
Syria's Bashar al-Assad: the crimes of a physician
Assad, an ophthalmologist who graduated from Damascus University (Syria) and specialised at the Western Eye Hospital in London (UK), had a sudden career shift to politics and became Syria's President ...
Graphics track changes, uncertainty in Syria after rebels banish Bashar al-Assad
The Syrian rebels who forced President Bashar al-Assad to flee the country for asylum in Russia say they are forming a new ...
Bashar al-Assad Claims Russians Forced His Evacuation from Syria
Ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad says he had planned to keep fighting but the Russians evacuated him, in his first public ...
Bashar al-Assad Fleeing Syria Brings an End to Generational Terror for Some Syrian Families
After Hafez’s passing in the summer of 2000, we clung to the hope that the torch he left behind would fall into more ...
The New York Times4d
The Fall of Assad in Syria: How It Happened and What Comes Next
By The New York Times The rebels who ended the Assad family’s brutal rule in Syria began asserting control ... Euphoria around the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad over the weekend mixed ...
Deposed Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad Leaves Behind Staggering Car Collection
When Syrian rebels overtook the palace, they found a Ferrari F50, a Lamborghini LM002 and dozens of other exotics left behind ...
Tomb of Bashar al-Assad's father set alight after Syrian rebel victory
Since five decades of brutal dynastic dictatorship came to an end on Sunday, statues of Hafez al-Assad and his son and ...
US Removes Bounty on New Syrian Leader Who Got His Start With Al-Qaeda
The leader of the rebel forces group that took back Damascus from Bashar al-Assad will now rule without fear of a $10 million ...