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Thousands of Syria’s Jews left in recent decades. But after Assad’s ouster and easing of sanctions, they can now reconnect ...
Six months since the collapse of the Assad regime, the Russian military presence in Syria has remained entrenched in ...
Months after dictator Bashar al-Assad fled Syria, the country’s Kurdish population faces continued uncertainty — and Turkish ...
Fellow trainer Salah al-Ahmad, 52, was beaming as his son took the mare Topsy for a spin -- once ridden by Sham al-Assad. "He used to dream of touching her or patting her head," Ahmad said.
For weeks, Ziad Abu al-Dahab has been training for gold at an equestrian tournament near Damascus -- in a sport once dominated by Syria's Assad family and their inner circle.
For decades, former president Bashar al-Assad, his relatives and allies enjoyed wide-ranging privileges before his overthrow in a lightning Islamist-led offensive in December. Equestrian sports surged ...
In Aleppo, a statue of one of Mr. al-Assad’s brothers, Bassel al-Assad, on a horse was toppled. The horse remained.
When Hafez al-Assad died in June 2000, posters of the patriarch and his two eldest sons – Bassel the heir apparent, who died prematurely in a car accident in 1994, and Bashar the successor by ...
A family photograph in an album found in Bashar al-Assad's Damascus residence, on December 11, 2024. In the center, his parents, on the right, his brother Bassel. LAURENCE GEAI / MYOP FOR LE MONDE ...
Bassel al-Assad was 31. There is a story told, not confirmed, but believable. I will tell it, as long as the reader understands that it is a tale, not fact (however credible the tale).