With pills to calm his heart and CCTV monitoring his stairs, one man set out to hold politicians, police and even regime ...

Syrian rebels took over Damascus, liberating it from the autocratic clutches of President Bashar al-Assad and his family's 50-year regime that was rife with conflicts and a nearly 14-year-long ...

They might have conceded in Syria, but their dynasty is unlikely to be easily squashed. Rather, the Assads – alongside Asma’s family, the Akhras – possess a large network of power and ...

From eye doctor to brutal dictator:The rise (and fall) of Syria's Bashar Assad Asma Assad wanted more entrepreneurs, more civic-minded citizens, more progressiveness. She was involved in myriad ...

Asma, who was born in Acton, West London, to Sunni Muslims from Homs, Syria, became known as Syria’s Princess Diana. She gained degrees in computer science and French literature at Queen’s ...

In 2011, a now-infamous Vogue profile of Asma al-Assad, Bashar’s wife, quoted her as saying that Jews fit into her vision of religious diversity in Syria. “There is a very big Jewish quarter ...

The 49-year-old, born in London to Syrian parents, served as Syria’s First Lady until her husband was overthrown last month. Asma al-Assad, who was treated for breast cancer in Damascus in 2019, has ...

In 2011 American Vogue published an interview with the first lady of Syria, Asma al-Assad. It described her as “a rose in the desert” and obsessed over her glamour and good looks. She was ...

He lost Syria and has created countless headaches for ... Meanwhile his British-born wife, Asma al-Assad, who was treated for breast cancer in 2019 and has been diagnosed with leukemia, will ...

Bashar al-Assad has been overthrown after 13 years of brutal civil conflict in Syria, bringing to an end more than 50 years of Assad family rule. The exact whereabouts of the deposed dictator's wife – ...