Assad cousin notorious for role in suppressing protests in Syria arrested
A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 ...
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Assad-era minister turns himself in to new Syria authorities: statement
A former minister under ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has turned himself in, the interior ministry said Tuesday, ...
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Assad cousin notorious for role in suppressing protests in Syria arrested
A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 uprising has been detained inside Syria, according to state news agency SANA.
New details of Assad's final 24 hours in Syria before his regime collapsed
Syria's former President Bashar Al-Assad fled to Moscow when rebel forces captured Damascus after a stunning sweep across the ...
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40 years on, Hama survivors recall horror of Assad-era massacre
Hayan Hadid was 18 when soldiers arrested him in his pyjamas and took him for execution in Syria's Hama in 1982, during one ...
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Russia, Seeking to Salvage Military Bases, Goes Hat in Hand to Syria
The arrival of the first top Russian diplomat in Damascus since Bashar al-Assad’s fall kicks off negotiations over the fate of Moscow’s bases in Syria. By Paul Sonne and Christina Goldbaum ...
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Saudi Arabia wants to support Syria, says al-Sharaa
Syria's interim president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, landed in Saudi Arabia on Sunday for his first international trip since his rebel militant group ousted former President Bashar al-Assad in December ...
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Syria arrests Assad-era officer credited with triggering 2011 uprising
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syrian authorities have arrested a former senior security officer and cousin of ousted leader Bashar al-Assad credited by some with sparking the country's 2011 uprising due to ...
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The ophthalmologist dictator: Syria's Bashar al-Assad
When the senior Assad died, the parliament quickly lowered the minimum age for candidates from 40 to 34, Bashar al-Assad’s age at the time. He was elected unopposed; the regime claimed he ...