Al-Monitor10d
After sharing escape plan, Hafez Bashar al-Assad's alleged X account suspended
The son of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad posted about his family’s final days in Damascus before the rebel takeover ...
Al-Monitor4d
In first since regime fall, Syria’s Asma al-Assad breaks silence: What to know
In a series of posts on an X account attributed to her, Syria’s former first lady Asma al-Assad wished the Syrian people ...
Putin's refuge for Bashar al-Assad in Moscow impacting Russian efforts to keep forces in Syria, says UK
Vladimir Putin offering refuge to ex-Syrian tyrant Bashar al-Assad in Moscow is undermining Russia’s talks to keep its forces ...
Al Jazeera English10d
Syria’s leader, Russia’s Putin make first contact since al-Assad’s fall
the first such top-level contact since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Rebels led by al-Sharaa’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group ousted Moscow’s close ally in December after a ...
The Media Line4d
First Direct Contact Between al-Sharaa and Putin: Syria’s New Leadership and Russia Navigate Tense Post-Assad Relations
Although this was the first direct conversation between Putin and al-Sharaa, the interim Syrian leader had previously engaged ...
Bashar al-Assad's strategy of chaos
The hopes of liberalization raised at the start of Hafez al-Assad's son's rule were short-lived. Urged by his family, the ...
Newsweek23d
Bashar al-Assad
Two African states are frustrating Moscow's efforts to establish a stronger ... From Donald Trump being shot at a campaign rally to Bashar al-Assad's shock overthrow, Newsweek writers on the ...
National Review26d
Gone, the Assads
Family members and money preceded Bashar to Moscow. According to the Financial Times, Bashar al-Assad’s central bank airlifted around $250mn in cash to Moscow in a two-year period when the then ...
The Media Line4d
Al-Sharaa and Putin Hold First Talks as Syria and Russia Reassess Ties
Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa held his first direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week in a ...
Russian delegation in first Syria visit since Assad fall, TASS reports
A Russian delegation has arrived in Damascus for the first time since Moscow's ally President Bashar al-Assad was toppled, ...
Syria receives local currency printed in Russia before Assad's fall
Syria's central bank said a batch of Syrian currency had arrived at Damascus airport from Russia, where banknotes were ...
London Evening Standard12d
Putin's refuge for Bashar al-Assad in Moscow hitting Russian efforts to keep forces in Syria, says UK
Vladimir Putin offering refuge to ex-Syrian tyrant Bashar al-Assad in Moscow is undermining Russia’s talks to keep its forces in the wartorn country, according to British defence chiefs.