Ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad assured his forces that the Russian army was coming to their aid against the rebels just hours before fleeing in secret to Moscow and abandoning his troops ...

Assad's 24-year rule ended abruptly as a coalition of rebel forces, led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), launched a rapid offensive that overwhelmed government defenses and captured Damascus within 12 ...

Does Assad’s exile in Moscow mean Putin’s days are now numbered? - COMMENT: The sudden collapse of Syria’s brutal regime is a reminder how any leader can appear to be in power, until ...

A longtime protector of the Assad regime’s, Moscow has granted the 59-year-old and his family asylum after they made their way to the city by private jet, the news agencies reported. 5.

During recent contacts between Syrian and Turkish officials that Moscow helped broker this year, Assad’s government showed little interest in compromise -– a recalcitrance that paved the way ...

Assad became the president of Syria in 2000, succeeding his father Hafez al-Assad, who ruled from 1971 until he died in 2000. For nearly 14 years, the country had been in a civil war, starting as ...