Thousands of Syrians gathered at the Umayyad Mosque to celebrate the end of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. WSJ’s Ben C. Solomon reports from Damascus as questions linger about what the future holds.

Ms. Mrie is a Syrian journalist and the author of a forthcoming memoir about defiance under Bashar al-Assad. One gray evening in September, a crowd of Syrians — many displaced, exiled or self-exiled — ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Bashar al-Assad, who was president of Syria from 2000 to 2024. 1994 – Syrian President Hafez Assad’s oldest son and heir apparent, Basel, dies in a car accident.

Bashar al-Assad’s long, brutal reign ended swiftly, but he and his close circle have had a soft landing in Russia. Credit...Aaron Byrd Supported by By Erika Solomon Christiaan Triebert Haley Willis ...

Premieres Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at 10:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app Amid chaos and conflict in the Middle East, a new FRONTLINE documentary investigates high-stakes questions about the future of a ...