After 54 years, the brutal Assad regime has fallen to almost unanimous rejoicing. But any attempt to rebuild Syria's shattered society will first have to heal divides entrenched by two generations ...

Jamil Hassan, referred to as "the butcher" by people who lived on his street, is among the senior regime figures who have ...

As Syria emerges from decades of dictatorship, people in the Assad family's ancestral home of Latakia province are both ...

Rebel fighters occupied the houses and the Assad army shelled the neighborhood with heavy artillery, said Mahmoud al-Shater, 23, whose house, next door to Mr. Alama’s, was smashed. Mr. al-Shater ...

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The White House has said he is one of a small group ... already taken many of the most expensive items. A photo of Luka and Assad remained, printed in different sizes and styles, alongside ...

Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez, ruled Syria for more than half a century but how did one family achieve and maintain power?