Hayan Hadid was 18 when soldiers arrested him in his pyjamas and took him for execution in Syria's Hama in 1982, during one ...

In light of the December 8 ouster of Bashar ... blackout, Assad's father and then leader Hafez launched a crackdown in Hama in central Syria against an armed Muslim Brotherhood revolt.

The fall of the Assad regime in Syria has created a unique and complex geopolitical challenge for Arab states, particularly ...

How did Assad gain power? Through old-fashioned dynastic succession. He became president in 2000 after the death of his father, Hafez al-Assad ... Salafis and the Muslim Brotherhood will seize ...

Julani was born in Saudi Arabia, later lived in Damascus, and joined Al Qaeda before becoming the head of Hayat Tahrir ...

Before joining the military and building an Alawite caste around himself, Hafez al-Assad was a fervent supporter of the ...

Alcohol is tolerated in all communities, and Muslim women don’t wear hijabs ... three preppy children and a life of luxury How Bashar al-Assad went from London doctor to Syria’s monstrous ...

His pain pours out, like a long cry from Syria’s dungeons, a cry that was silenced during more than half a century of rule by brutal despots, Bashar al-Assad ... Sunni Muslim rural area of ...

In late January 1982, forces loyal to then-President Hafez al-Assad laid siege on the city under the pretext of suppressing an uprising by the Muslim Brotherhood group. The attack was led by the ...

Syria’s former Baath regime carried out one of the country’s deadliest atrocities — the 1982 Hama Massacre — killing tens of ...