Assad's father - Rebels were pictured chanting as they set alight the tomb of infamous former dictator Hafez Assad ...

The surrender of the Mazzeh air base outside Syrian capital Damascus by Bashar al-Assad's forces triggered a round of Israeli air strikes designed to prevent his former arsenal falling into the ...

For more than half a century, the Assad dynasty appeared to have an impregnable hold over Syria. Relying on a formidable security apparatus, brutal use of force, and powerful allies such as Russia, ...

For miles, the bleached ribcages of bombed-out buildings on either side of the main highway north of Damascus flick past as ...