Ms. al-Assad’s cousin and Maher’s daughter, Sham al-Assad, also appeared to celebrate her 22nd birthday with an extravaganza, ...

France's national finance prosecutor called Monday for a four-year prison sentence and a 10 million euro fine for Rifaat al-Assad, uncle of the Syrian president, accused of money laundering related to ...

The uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is to stand trial in France on charges of building up a big property empire in the country using funds from Syrian state coffers, legal sources said on ...

Hayan Hadid was 18 when soldiers arrested him in his pyjamas and took him for execution in Syria's Hama in 1982, during one of the darkest chapters of the Assad clan's rule. "I've never really talked ...

Siwar Al-Assad’s “Damascus Has Fallen” invites readers into a heartfelt record of Syria’s deepest struggles, far removed from cold facts or political speculation. Drawing on a personal journey that ...

Iman wanted to give her father his slippers. As the plain-clothes security forces dragged him away, along with one of her male cousins, the 14-year-old girl followed. She begged the men to at least ...

When Bashar al-Assad's 2011 crackdown on pro-democracy protests sparked war, Qattan joined an armed group, eventually seeking exile in Turkey. He returned home after Assad's ouster last month. What ...

Hayan Hadid (centre) survived the 1982 Hama massacre - Copyright AFP - Hayan Hadid (centre) survived the 1982 Hama massacre - Copyright AFP - Tony Gamal-Gabriel Hayan ...