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Bashar Al Assad

Latest news and stories about the ousted Syrian president who is now exiled in Moscow

Zeinat Akhras, a 65-year-old pharmacist, and her brother Ayman, still bear the effects of more than two years trapped in Homs, surrounded by rebel fighters. She weighs just 38 kilograms now despite gaining four kilograms after the siege ended. Dusan Vranic/AP Photo

Plants and books kept Syrian woman alive during 700-day blockade in Homs

WorldJune 11, 2014

Iran and Turkey set aside differences to tackle extremism

WorldJune 09, 2014

Tracking returned Syria fighters a challenge for Europe

WorldJune 06, 2014

A handout picture made from the official Syrian Arab News Agency shows Syrian citizens holding the national flags and photos depicting President Bashar Assad as they gather to celebrate his victory in presidential elections, in Latakia province, Syria on 5 May 2014. EPA/Sana handout

Notion of choice is a fiction in Syria election

WorldJune 05, 2014

A handout picture released by the Iraqi Ministry of Interior on January 29, 2014 shows a photograph purportedly of Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The shadowy leader of thousands of Islamist fighters in Syria and Iraq, many of them Westerners, appears to be surpassing Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri as the world's most influential jihadist. AFP Photo

ISIL chief poised to become world’s most influential militant?

WorldJune 05, 2014

Opposition miserably defeated by Assad regime in the ‘war of images’

The NationalJune 05, 2014

Samir Kassir’s murder, like that of Rafik Hariri and others, has never been solved. Hussein Malla / AP Photo

Before his assassination, Samir Kassir foresaw the extent of Assad’s brutality in Syria today

The NationalJune 04, 2014

A Syrian woman casts her ballot as she votes in presidential election on June 3, 2014 at Bassel Al Assad school which was turned into a polling station in central Damascus. Louai Beshara/AFP Photo

Syrians head to polls set to extend Assad’s rule

WorldJune 03, 2014

Despite the carnage, Syrians seem destined to retain their president

The NationalJune 03, 2014

Syrian President Bashar Al Assad and his wife Asma cast their ballots at a polling station in Damascus yesterday. AFP

If Assad wins, what does that say about the opposition?

The NationalJune 03, 2014

Prosecution calls for maximum penalty for alleged Al Qaeda cell members

UAEJune 02, 2014

New Free Syrian Army recruits receive military training in Deraa province on May 12, 2014. Mohamed Fares/Reuters

On the front lines of Syria’s war in the south

WorldJune 01, 2014

Free Syrian Army recruits training in Deraa on May 12, 2014. Mohamed Fares / Reuters

The man at the centre of southern Syria’s crumbling rebel alliance

WorldJune 01, 2014

Transcript: Phil Sands on Syria’s fragmenting southern front

WorldJune 01, 2014

Rescue services, rebel fighters and civilians search for survivors at a site hit by what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped by the Syrian air force in Al Qarlaq neighbourhood of Aleppo. Jalal Al Mamo / Reuters / May 29, 2014

Nearly 2,000 killed in Aleppo airstrikes this year

WorldMay 31, 2014

Syria to miss chemical weapons deadline, UN Security Council told

WorldMay 29, 2014

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