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 ...

A Syrian court held its first hearing on Sunday in the trial of ousted president Bashar al-Assad and senior officials from ...

Assad, Kurdish families struggle with cold, loss and uncertainty — feeling abandoned by the U.S. allies they once fought ...

Bereaved families demand death penalty, starting with Atef Najib, a former general and cousin of the ousted dictator, who was ...

Formerly sentenced to death, Judge al-Aryan now oversees trial, but transitional justice still far from complete.

There were highly charged scenes as former senior regime official, Atef Najib, appeared before a Damascus court.

Atef, you are the dog." People hold placards at the Palace of Justice ahead of the first trial session, in Damascus on 26 ...

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