The mausoleum of late Syrian leader Hafez Al Assad, father of deposed president Bashar Al Assad, has become a site of celebration after rebels seized the town of Qardaha in the coastal Latakia ...

F or over 50 years, the Assad family ruled Syria with an iron grip, amassing a secret fortune while the country’s people endured poverty and war. The family patriarch, Hafez al-Assad, seized ...

Hafez al-Assad passed away in 2000. His son, Bashar al-Assad, who succeeded him in power, fled Damascus last weekend after nearly 25 years of rule when the rebels announced the end of his regime.

Hundreds of students at Damascus University trampled on a statue of one of Syria's former rulers on Sunday, expressing jubilation as they returned to class a week after rebels ousted Bashar al-Assad.

Hafez al-Assad died in 2000. His son, Bashar al-Assad, who took over power from his father, fled Damascus last weekend after almost 25 years of rule when the rebels announced the end of his regime.

As rebels advanced on the Syrian capital, anti-regime protests intensified across the country. In the Jermana suburb, just ten kilometers from central Damascus, demonstrators brought down the statue ...