Cliche has it that behind every great man stands a woman—and as it happens, the same also applies to murderous dictators.

Assad’s father brutally crushed an uprising in Hama, creating a blueprint for repression. Decades later, Syrians can now ...

Lebanese authorities say wife, daughter of Duraid al-Assad detained at Beirut Airport for carrying forged Syrian passports ...

Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez, ruled Syria for more than half a century but how did one family achieve and maintain ...

Assad, an uncle of the ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad charged in Switzerland with war crimes over the bloody ...

Assad: from private schoolgirl in Acton to being reportedly severely ill with leukaemia - She was once fawned over for her ...

Before that, his father, Hafez Assad, was president for nearly three decades. The Assad family ruled Syria with an iron grip, ...

Assad, has filed for divorce and expressed her desire to return to the United Kingdom, reports The Jerusalem Post quoting ...

Asma al-Assad is severely ill with leukaemia and has been isolated by doctors who have given her a “50/50” chance of survival ...

Adnan Kassar was a celebrated figure in the country's sports scene but tells Sky News how outshining Bassel al Assad was "beginning of my nightmare".

Hundreds of students at Damascus University trampled on a statue of one of Syria's former rulers on Sunday, expressing ...

The Baath party, once a powerful symbol of Arab nationalism, has become a fading relic of authoritarian rule in the Middle ...