Bashar al-Assad - Wikipedia
Bashar al-Assad [b] (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 overthrown in 2024.
What happened in Syria? How did al-Assad fall?
Dec 8, 2024 · In the early hours of Sunday morning, opposition forces declared Syria liberated from the rule of President Bashar al-Assad as opposition forces surged into the capital. The former president in...
Bashar al-Assad | Family, Biography, Religion, Fleeing, & Facts ...
6 days ago · Bashar al-Assad is a Syrian dynast who succeeded his father Hafez al-Assad as president of Syria in 2000 and served until 2024, when he was toppled after 13 years of civil war.
After decades of brutal rule, Bashar al-Assad’s regime has been …
Dec 9, 2024 · A former ophthalmologist who studied in London, Assad took power in an unopposed election following the death of his father Hafez al-Assad, who had led the Baath Party since seizing power in 1970.
What lies ahead for Assad and his family? - BBC
Dec 13, 2024 · When Bashar al-Assad was toppled on Sunday, it turned the page on not only his 24-year presidency but on more than 50 years of his family ruling Syria. Before Assad took office in 2000, his...
Syria’s Bashar al-Assad: The president who lost his homeland
Dec 8, 2024 · After more than 13 years of war, hundreds of thousands of people killed and millions displaced, the 24-year rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is over.
In Syria, the Assads leave a bitter legacy after a half-century of ...
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 any potential...
Syria’s interim president calls clashes ‘expected challenges ... - CNN
Mar 9, 2025 · The number of people killed in clashes in Syria between government security forces and supporters of ousted former President Bashar al-Assad has risen to 642, according to a monitoring group.
Who is Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian leader whose family ruled with …
Dec 8, 2024 · Syria’s iron-fisted leader Bashar al-Assad is the second generation of an autocratic family dynasty that held power for more than five decades and his disappearance amid a lightning rebel advance...
Syrians mark 14th anniversary of civil war uprising by celebrating …
1 day ago · DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Thousands of Syrians poured into the streets and public squares on Saturday to mark the 14th anniversary of the start of the country’s civil war for the first time since Bashar Assad was swept from power.. Crowds waved Syrian flags and chanted in celebration of the rebel victory that ended the Assad family’s five-decade rule in rallies in the …