February 1, 2024 - According to official data, the ... of these crimes are linked to Captagon. The U.S. Department of State considers the export of Syrian Captagon to be one of the main sources of financing for Assad’s side in the ongoing civil war. Washington has even published detailed instructions on how to counter this illegal business. But the effects have been negligible. Bashar Assad’s ...

2 weeks ago - Called to succeed his father after the designated heir, brother Basel is killed, Bashar al-Assad takes the leadership bringing hope of reforms but those end quickly as the young dictator continues the hard hand of his father

November 15, 2023 - France has issued an international arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, accused of complicity in crimes against humanity over chemical attacks in 2013, a judicial source and plaintiffs…

June 15, 2020 - Syria’s dictator crushed an uprising—but the ground may be crumbling beneath his feet.

2 weeks ago - Hafez and his son Bashar killed countless people over five decades and oversaw the country’s descent into kleptocracy

Behind the smoke and chaos of Syria's ongoing turmoil, the Al-Assad family stands as the untouchable core -- a dynasty that has moulded the country's fate for over half a century. At the centre is Bashar al-Assad.

Among the many accusing al-Assad and his allies of war crimes are the UN Human Rights Office, France, the US, and the British. See the tab titled "Human Rights and Refugees" for more information and resources on these issues. Bashar al-Assad was born in 1965 in Damascus.

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France issues arrest warrants for Syrian President Assad, 3 generals alleging involvement in war crimes · Lawyers for victims say French judicial authorities have issued international arrest warrants for Syrian President Bashar Assad, his brother Maher, and two army generals for their alleged ...

Bashar al-Assad. Self: Cries from Syria. Bashar al-Assad has been the Syrian Dictator since 2000, he was born on September 11, 1965 in Damascus, Syria. He has been married to Asma Al Akhras since December 2000. They have three children. He is the son of Hafez al-Assad who ran as dictator.

2 weeks ago - Stripped of power and chased from his own country, the overthrown Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is now starting a humiliating new life in exile.

September 16, 2013 - To understand the man President Obama is seeking congressional approval–and international support–to punish for hideous crimes against his own people, you have to go back to June 26, 1980, and the pivotal moment of Bashar Assad’s youth. He was just 14 when the Syrian branch of the Muslim ...

March 15, 2018 - March 15 marks the seventh year of the Syrian uprising, which at its start resembled other protests across the Middle East known then as the Arab Spring. A harsh crackdown by the Syrian regime transformed those student-led demonstrations into an armed uprising that has left hundreds of thousands ...

Syria has been readmitted to the Arab League but faces ongoing challenges and a population bedevilled by conflict.

Grupo que libertou a Síria do ditador Bashar al-Assad está montando um novo governo, mas lida com status de terrorista.