The Latest Breaking News from Bashar alAssad

Desperate journeys: Syrian refugees fleeing Israel’s assault on Lebanon

From one war zone to another, and back again – how some of the most vulnerable cannot escape wherever they turn.

Al Jazeera · Oct 15, 2024

Hassan Nasrallah obituary

Ruthless head of Lebanon’s Hezbollah who led his movement for more than 30 years

The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2024

‘He was like a father to us’: Hezbollah supporters mourn Hassan Nasrallah

Many of Nasrallah’s supporters have expressed anguish and disbelief after Israel assassinated the Hezbollah leader.

Al Jazeera · Sep 28, 2024

Syria and Turkey: A path to reconciliation, or a defeat of the opposition?

Anti-Syrian riots in Turkey and protests in Syria are a symbol of a period of flux in relations between the countries.

Al Jazeera · Jul 24, 2024

Turkey-Syria Rapprochement Likely To Be Gradual: Analysts

After a long estrangement, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad may be edging towards a meeting, but analysts say normalisation will likely be gradual due to thorny issues.

International Business Times · Jul 21, 2024

Syrians Prepare For 'Predetermined' Election

Campaign posters have sprung up across Damascus as Syria prepares to hold a parliamentary election in government-held areas on Monday that is designed to renew the ruling Baath party's grip on power.

International Business Times · Jul 12, 2024

Erdogan Says May Invite Syria's Assad To Turkey 'At Any Moment'

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said he might invite his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad to Turkey "at any moment", in a sign of reconciliation after the 2011 war broke ties between Ankara and Damascus.

International Business Times · Jul 7, 2024

World leaders congratulate Iran’s Pezeshkian on presidential election win

Congratulations pour in after centrist Masoud Pezeshkian defeated challenger and hardliner Saeed Jalili in a run-off.

Al Jazeera · Jul 6, 2024

All the Worst Humans by Phil Elwood review – confessions of a cleanup man

A former PR looks back on a career spent whitewashing ‘foreign baddies’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2024

France's top court to examine arrest warrant for Syria's Assad

Prosecutors have asked France's highest court to review the legality of a French arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over deadly chemical attacks on Syrian soil in 2013.

Radio France Internationale · Jul 3, 2024