Bashar al-Assad[a] (born 11 September 1965) is a Syrian politician, military officer, and former dictator [1] who served as the president of Syria from 2000 until his government was overthrown by Syrian rebels in December 2024.

Dec 8, 2024 · BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad fled the country on Sunday, bringing to a dramatic close his nearly 14-year struggle to hold onto control as his country fragmented in a brutal civil war that became a proxy battlefield for …

Dec 16, 2024 · In the first public remarks attributed to Bashar al-Assad since he left Syria, the deposed Syrian president has defended his rule and denied planning his departure as armed opposition fighters...

4 days ago · Bashar al-Assad is a Syrian dynast who succeeded his father Hafez al-Assad as president of Syria in 2000 and served until 2024, when he was toppled after 13 years of civil war.

Dec 9, 2024 · For half a century, the Assad family ruled over Syria with an iron fist, with long-documented reports of mass incarceration torture, extra-judicial killings and atrocities against their own...

Dec 8, 2024 · Syria’s iron-fisted leader Bashar al-Assad is the second generation of an autocratic family dynasty that held power for more than five decades and his disappearance amid a lightning rebel...

Dec 13, 2024 · When Bashar al-Assad was toppled on Sunday, it turned the page on not only his 24-year presidency but on more than 50 years of his family ruling Syria. Before Assad took office in 2000, his...