At the heart of Hafez al-Assad’s rise to power was Mohamed Deeb Daboul (known as Abu Saleem), a close confidant and office secretary of the late Syrian president since the late 1960s. Daboul was born ...

Series'The al-Assad saga' (Part 3/4). Amid the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Iran-Iraq war, the Gulf War and talks with Israel, Hafez al-Assad's top priority was always to have one of his sons ...

Among those awarded posthumously are poet Helal Hafiz, writer Shahidul Zahir, journalist Mahfuz Ullah, film director Azizur Rahman, musician Ustad Nirod Baran Barua, and Daily Purbokone founder ...

A colossal statue of Hafez al-Assad was once a powerful symbol of Syria’s ruling regime, looming over the Damascus-Aleppo highway. Now, like that regime, it is toppled, and Syrians have been ...

Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria - January 14, 2025 The huge toppled statue of former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad in the Damascus countryside town of Deir Atiyam in Qalamoun remains a symbol of ...

During a visit to Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), Ambassador Moghadam, alongside Professor Dr. Abdul Aziz Sahir, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, inaugurated the ‘Hafez-e Shirazi Corner’ ...

Series'The al-Assad saga' (Part 1/4). Before joining the military and building an Alawite caste around himself, Hafez al-Assad was a fervent supporter of the pan-Arab ideological movement.

Speaking to CNA in an exclusive interview on Friday (Feb 7), exactly a month after both Singapore and Malaysia inked an agreement on the SEZ, Onn Hafiz also stressed that Johor’s top priority ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. There are six glasses of shiraz in front of me. One of the wines is pale, almost brick-coloured. The wine in the next glass is ...

A 5-minute weekly face steaming skincare routine can transform your skin and improve your skin tone! Here's how to do it at home for a natural spa-like glow.

Shiraz, the provincial capital, is a city renowned for its poetry, gardens, and historical monuments. The tombs of famous Persian poets Hafez and Saadi are located there, attracting numerous visitors ...