Bashar al-Assad

People who lost their houses in the devastating earthquake, lineup to receive aid supplies at a makeshift camp, in Iskenderun city, southern Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023.
Global Politics
‘Assad can’t clean up his act with a natural disaster,’ US Amb. to UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield says
people at gas pump
Protest
Renewed calls in Syria to overthrow Assad regime
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad heads a cabinet meeting, in Damascus, Syria
Economics
Report: Syrian government manipulates exchange rates to pocket aid money
A Syrian grocery shop in Istanbul sells brands that are familiar to Syrian customers, such as canned meats and condensed milk.
Migration
Syrian refugees and migrants in Turkey face a difficult decision to return home 
People wearing masks stand in front of white bags of food aid
Conflict & Justice
Russia’s vote at UN could cut off humanitarian aid to northwest Syria
A devil cartoon sits on shoulder of cartoon image of a president with Arabic script.
Global Cartoons
No joke! How two cartoonists spurred revolution during the Arab uprisings.
People walk past the looted premises of cellphone company Syriatel, which is owned by Rami Makhlouf, the cousin of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Deraa March 21, 2011.
Conflict
Syria’s first family is caught in a feud
Syrian defendant Eyad A. hides himself under his hood prior to the first trial of suspected members of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's security services for crimes against humanity, in Koblenz, Germany, April 23, 2020.
Conflict & Justice
Syrian officials on trial for war crimes in Germany
Older women hold a cartoon graphic depicting Donald Trump and a Turkish tank.
Does US withdrawal leave Syria open to Russia?
A satellite view of Sednaya prison complex near Damascus, Syria, May 15, 2017.
‘We have suffered enough,’ say families of the missing and detained in Syria
woman wearing military fatigues holds a gun
Thousands of ISIS fighters sit in prison. Kurdish leaders call for a special tribunal.
A woman crouches down and scrubs a large Persian rug in the desert.
Conflict
Blame game over aid leaves Syrian refugees stranded in desert ‘death’ camp
Black plumes of smoke are shown rising up and to the left of the photo with bombed out buildings below in Baghouz, Syria.
Conflict & Justice
Some ISIS jihadists surrender in eastern Syria but an unknown number remain
A huge banner of Bashar al-Assad.
Global Politics
Garbage collection in Syria is crucial to fighting ISIS
Three Syrian medical staff wear gas masks in a chemical weapons attack training.
Conflict
Syria may be using chemical weapons against its citizens again — here’s how international law has changed to help countries intervene
the  sign of the Radio Fresh station
Justice
Syrian activist Raed Fares wanted ‘a free Syria for all Syrians.’ It may have cost him his life.
a child plays at a camp in Idlib, Syria
US Diplomacy
Is US policy in Syria driven by politics or emotion?
bombs explode in Syria
Conflict
Syrian military extends southwest assault, thousands displaced
syria
Conflict
US, UK and French forces bomb Syria following chemical weapons attack
russia
Conflict
Secret flights and private fighters: How Russia supports Assad in Syria
A fuel stand in rebel-held, besieged Eastern Ghouta, Syria, Feb. 12, 2017.
Business
The lucrative business of smuggling supplies into Syria’s besieged Eastern Ghouta
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad speaks during an interview with Yahoo News in this handout picture provided by SANA on February 10, 2017, Syria.
Conflict
Lack of political will stands in the way of bringing Assad to court
Syria
Conflict
If Assad stayed, could Syria ever rebuild from war?
Smoke rises after strikes on Aleppo, Syria, December 3, 2016.
Conflict
The Syrian army has retaken over half of the rebel-held east Aleppo
A Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter points towards blue sheets spread over streets as a cover from snipers as he walks on the rubble of damaged buildings in Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria, August 7, 2016.
Conflict
Both sides brace for a crucial battle over Syria’s Aleppo
A Syrian girl waves an opposition flag during an anti-government protest inside a 2nd century Roman amphitheater in the historic Syrian southern town of Bosra al-Sham, in Deraa, Syria.
Conflict
US sees glimmer of hope in Syria peace talks after progress with Russia
Samia Abdullah holds up a picture of her brother Emad who disappeared in 1984 when he was 20 years old. His family thinks he's still alive in a Syrian prison.
Conflict
‘I just want one hair, one bone to bury, and I will be fine’
Syrians carry a body from a destroyed Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) supported hospital hit by missiles in Marat Numan, Idlib province, Syria.
Conflict
World powers wrangle over ‘bits and scraps’ of Syria
Young migrants and refugees walk through a town in northern Serbia toward the Hungarian border. There's a fear that young men like these might bring violence with them.
Conflict
These men say they’re leaving Syria because they don’t want to fight anyone
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad meet at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.
Conflict
Putin makes Assad an offer he can’t refuse
Hassan, the main character in "The Cow Farm," has no interest in joining the army — but feels that he doesn't have much choice.
Conflict
‘In Syria there is no black and white,’ says this Syrian filmmaker
Israeli self-propelled artillery ready for action, near the border with Syria in the Golan Heights. Picture taken Jan 27th 2015.
Conflict
Hezbollah’s gains in Syria have triggered concerns in Israel
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is seen during an interview in Damascus in January.
Technology
How pro-Assad hackers pretending to be women tricked Syrian rebels
State of the Union 2015
Global Politics
What Obama didn’t mention in the State of the Union
A Syrian refugee woman stands near her tent at the Al Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, January 15, 2015.
Conflict
‘They told me they were going to melt me in acid if I continue the work I was doing’
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan after a news conference at the Presidential Palace in Ankara December 1, 2014.
Global Politics
Russia and Turkey’s leaders have similar styles, but an uneasy relationship
US President Barack Obama speaks at a meeting with more than 20 foreign defense chiefs to discuss the coalition efforts in the ongoing campaign against ISIS at Joint Base Andrews in Washington on October 14, 2014.
Conflict
American warplanes have effectively become Assad’s best weapon
Suited up for the news, a cartoon by Slovakian cartoonist Marian Kemensky.
Arts
An international cartoonists’ conference shows off the artists’ wit and predictive power
Turkish soldiers are silhouetted atop armoured vehicles near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border on October 3, 2014.
Conflict
The US has lots at stake in the Syrian border town of Kobane
A man reacts as he carries a child who survived what activists said were barrel bombs dropped by forces of Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad in the Al-Fardous neighborhood of Aleppo, September 19, 2014.
Conflict
US air strikes spark sympathy for Syrian extremist groups in rebel-held areas
Residents inspect a damaged site in what activists say was a US strike in Kfredrian, Idlib province, Syria, on September 23, 2014.
Conflict
Syrian activists worry they won’t be the ones who gain from US airstrikes
Syrian Kurds flee into Turkey this past weekend to escape attacks from Islamic State militants. Around 130,000 Kurds were given shelter inside of Turkey.
Conflict
Turkey’s hostage problem is over, but it might stay on the sidelines versus ISIS
Secretary of State John Kerry and Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu talk to the media before a meeting in Ankara. The United States is not getting all it wants from Turkey in the fight against the Islamic State.
Conflict
The US is having problems building a coalition to fight ISIS
President Barack Obama delivering his address to the nation, Wednesday, on his plans for military action against the Islamic State, from the Cross Hall of the White House.
Conflict
Can the US ‘destroy’ ISIS without American ground troops?
Graffiti in an abandoned building overlooking Syria. The building used to be a Syrian army post before Israel captured the Golan Heights territory.
Conflict
Al-Qaeda arrives at Israel’s doorstep in the Golan Heights
People in the Syrian city of Tabqa toured the streets in celebration after Islamic State militants took over a government air base nearby on August 24, 2014.
Conflict
Washington is talking tough on ISIS, but its plans for intervention don’t seem to measure up
A US air strike on a suspected insurgent hideout in Fallujah in 2004. It's been more than 2 1/2 years since the US carried out air strikes in Iraq.
Conflict & Justice
One former policy maker argues you can’t bomb Iraq without bombing Syria
A US air strike on a suspected insurgent hideout in Fallujah in 2004. It's been more than 2 1/2 years since the US carried out air strikes in Iraq.
Conflict & Justice
One former policy maker argues you can’t bomb Iraq without bombing Syria
Syrians voted on Tuesday in an election expected to deliver an overwhelming victory for President Bashar al-Assad but which his opponents have dismissed as a charade.
Conflict & Justice
Why some Syrians see their vote as a choice between barking dogs and baying wolves
Vehicles burn after two car bombs exploded in the Karm al-Louz neighbourhood in Homs.
Conflict & Justice
Why some rebels are ‘determined to make a last stand’ in the Syrian city of Homs
Conflict & Justice
Why are US-made anti-tank missiles showing up in Syria?
Syria
Conflict & Justice
Three years on, the Syrian uprising has brought little else than death and destruction
Syria
Conflict & Justice
Three years on, the Syrian uprising has brought little else than death and destruction
Christian Syria
Conflict & Justice
Syria’s Christians find themselves, once again, persecuted and taxed for their religion
Christian Syria
Conflict & Justice
Syria’s Christians find themselves, once again, persecuted and taxed for their religion
Military personnel, believed to be Russian servicemen, march outside the Crimean city of Simferopol, March 4, 2014.
Conflict & Justice
This is how Ukraine could end up derailing any progress in Syria
In this Facebook posting, Ayoub and his high school friend each hold up one finger, a sign many jihadists use to show they're willing to die for god.
Conflict & Justice
Getting this man’s brother back alive from Syria would be ‘nothing short of a miracle’
Residents wait to receive food aid distributed by the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) at the besieged al-Yarmouk camp, south of Damascus
Conflict & Justice
Yarmouk is a man-made disaster zone, right inside the Syrian capital of Damascus
Syrian rebel fighters
Conflict & Justice
A new Frontline documentary covers the ‘second front’ in Syria between rebels and jihadists
Civilians stand along a street in Homs. Washington called on the Syrian government on Monday to allow aid convoys into Homs, where "people are starving", and said that all civilians must be allowed to leave the besieged area freely.
Conflict & Justice
Why some residents of the besieged Syrian city of Homs are staying put