
Bashar al-Assad - Wikipedia
Bashar al-Assad[b] (born 11 September 1965) is a Syrian politician, military officer and dictator [1] who served as the president of Syria from 2000 until his government was overthrown in the Syrian Revolution in 2024.
Bashar al-Assad releases first statement since he fled Syria
Dec 16, 2024 · In the first public remarks attributed to Bashar al-Assad since he left Syria, the deposed Syrian president has defended his rule and denied planning his departure as armed opposition fighters...
Fall of the Assad regime - Wikipedia
As a rebel coalition advanced towards Damascus, reports emerged that Bashar al-Assad fled the capital aboard a plane to Russia, where he joined his family, already in exile, and was granted asylum. [3] Following Assad's departure, opposition forces declared victory on state television.
Syrian government falls, ending 50-year rule of Assad family | AP …
Dec 8, 2024 · Syrian state television aired a video statement by a group of men saying that President Bashar Assad has been overthrown and all detainees in jails have been set free. Syrians celebrate the arrival of opposition fighters in Damascus, Syria, Sunday Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
The fall of Bashar Assad after 13 years of war in Syria brings to an ...
Dec 8, 2024 · Syrian President Bashar Assad has fled the country. Assad’s departure on Sunday brings to a dramatic close his nearly 14-year struggle to hold onto power in a brutal civil war that became a proxy battlefield for regional and international powers.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad flees Damascus as rebels move …
Dec 8, 2024 · Syrian President Bashar al-Assad boarded a plane and left Damascus for an unknown destination on Sunday, two senior army officers told Reuters, as rebels said they had entered the capital...
Photos: See the fall of Damascus after Syrian rebels topple Assad…
Dec 8, 2024 · Syrian opposition fighters celebrate the fall of the Syrian government, in Damascus, Syria on December 8, 2024. Rebel forces in Syria have ousted President Bashar al-Assad from power,...
Timeline of how rebels toppled Assad’s regime in less than two …
Dec 9, 2024 · At the historic Umayyad Mosque in the heart of Damascus, a red, white, black and green flag flies. On the other side of the Syrian capital, former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s palace...
Bashar al-Assad | Family, Biography, Religion, Fleeing, & Facts ...
Feb 13, 2025 · On December 8 Syrian rebels declared the country “liberated.” Bashar al-Assad (born September 11, 1965, Damascus, Syria) is a Syrian dynast who succeeded his father, Hafez al-Assad, as president of Syria in 2000 and served …
Syria war updates: Opposition takes Damascus, al-Assad flees
Dec 7, 2024 · Syria’s armed opposition forces say President Bashar al-Assad’s 24-year rule has come to an end after they seized the capital, Damascus. Russia says al-Assad has left Syria and ordered a...