As Israel's war on Palestine continues to inflict suffering on Gaza, Arab monarchies busied themselves with welcoming US ...

ALBAWABA - A video circulated online showing a young man from the Qardaha city in Syria holding a barbecue party next to the grave of Hafez Assad ... and monitoring Al Bawaba's social media ...

Rioters set the tomb of ex-Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's father Hafez in his hometown of Qardaha, foreign media outlets reported on Wednesday, citing footage taken by locals.

His father, Hafez al-Assad, who ruled Syria following a bloodless army-backed coup in 1970, was grooming Bashar al-Assad's eldest brother, Bassel Assad, to be the next president. A major in the ...

The tomb of the former Syrian dictator Hafez al-Assad has been set alight, according to numerous reports, just days after an uprising swept his son Bashar from power. Images taken from Qardaha ...

In 1982, security forces answering to Hafez al-Assad, Mr. al-Assad’s father, massacred thousands of civilians and razed the central city of Hama to crush an anti-government uprising led by the ...

Al-Assad takes the oath before parliament as president of Syria after winning an overwhelming vote in a nationwide referendum to take over the post held by his late father Hafez for 30 years.

According to a report by the news agency AFP, the tomb of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's father Hafez Al Assad was torched on Wednesday in his hometown of Qardaha, with rebel fighters ...

Others gleefully ransacked the presidential palace and residence after Assad and other top officials vanished. Abu Mohammed al-Golani ... statue of the late leader Hafez Assad with his shoe.

The Assad family has built a broad network of investments and business interests over the decades since the patriarch, Hafez al-Assad, seized power in 1970. Among the international purchases made ...

According to the Financial Times, Assad has acquired apartments in two 300m-high, 78-storey towers. The report refers to 22 ultra-luxurious apartments with saunas, Jacuzzis and marble decorations.

Hafez al-Assad served as president of Syria from 1971 until his death in 2000, after which Bashar took over until he was overthrown by an Islamist-led rebel alliance commanded by al-Sharaa in ...