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Syrians who remained loyal to him through years of civil war fume that he left without a word. Read more at straitstimes.com.

As rebels advanced toward the Syrian capital of Damascus on Dec­e­­mber 7 ... Maher al-Assad fled separately that evening with other senior military officers across the desert to Iraq, according to ...

In a wide-ranging interview, the political economist Helen Thompson discusses how the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria has ...

The former first lady, once known as "Rose of the Desert" for her elegance and charm ... as rebel forces launched their advance on Damascus. This marked the conclusion of a regime notorious ...

In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged ...

Despite these body blows, ISIS remnants remain active, conducting deadly attacks, particularly in the expansive desert stretching from the outskirts of Damascus to the Iraqi border and beyond.

The former first lady, once known as "Rose of the Desert" for her elegance and charm ... as rebel forces launched their advance on Damascus. Assad’s rule over Syria ended in dramatic fashion ...

In a speech in Tehran, Esbati accused Russia of bombing an empty desert instead of hitting Syrian rebels ... He added that relations between Damascus and Tehran grew tense over the last year because ...

David Guttenfelder/The New York Times Supported by By Ben Hubbard Farnaz Fassihi Christina Goldbaum and Hwaida Saad Ben Hubbard, Christina Goldbaum and Hwaida Saad reported from Damascus ...