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From Donald Trump being shot at a campaign rally to Bashar al-Assad's shock overthrow, Newsweek writers on the moment of 2024: plus have your say. By Newsweek Staff On 12/22/24 at 5:00 AM EST.
President Bashar al-Assad, who wielded fear and force over Syria for more than two decades, fled the country under the cover of night — and a fake political address. A banner of former President ...
A day after the regime of President Bashar al-Assad fell, civilians poured into the streets of Damascus, weeping in disbelief. Many sought word of relatives held in a notorious prison on the ...
As rebels continue to take control of more cities in Syria, Bashar al-Assad’s family is reported to have fled to Russia, the Wall Street Journal has reported. This includes his wife, children ...
Syria’s return to oil exports after the fall of the Assad regime is seen by many as a sign that Iran’s Shia Crescent of ...
Bashar al-Assad inherited power from his father in 2000; he had been ruling since then. Since 2011, he spearheaded the crackdown on the democracy movement that began with peaceful protests. Bashar ...
NOTE: No, former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was not on the plane that lost 6,700 meters in seconds. The video shown here shows a plane fragment engulfed in a huge fire, but it does not ...
Yet Bashar al-Assad became the latest murderous despot to have trained as a doctor – or “doctator”. ... Saudi Arabia and later with the Red Crescent in Pakistan.
More than a decade after we started a program of regime change, Bashar al-Assad is still in power. US forces patrolled oil fields near ... who was president of Pakistan during the 9/11 era.
Days after getting ousted from Syria, Bashar al-Assad poisoned in Russia by… A social media account, General SVR, operated by a former Russian spy, stated that Assad sought medical assistance ...
Syria rebels seized control of Damascus, ending Bashar Assad's rule. Reports claim he may have fled on a plane that disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Sunday, Jul 06, 2025 ...
It took the Taliban 10 days to race to victory and HTS a mere week to unseat Bashar al-Assad. ... Saudi Arabia and Pakistan — that have ever since been bedeviled by its adherents.