The hopes of liberalization raised at the start of Hafez al-Assad's son's rule were short-lived. Urged by his family, the ...

Bashar Assad never intended to go into politics. He became one of the world's most brutal dictators, whose thuggish rule ended abruptly when rebels stormed into Damascus Saturday night, causing ...

Dr Bakleh is coy. He leaves it to others to explain that the attempts on his life were the work of friends of Bashar al-Assad within the organisation who were outraged by his efforts to frustrate ...

The Alawite opposition had chosen the political struggle, like Dr Abdel Aziz from Assad's home town. He has been detained for more than 12 years and we still don't know his fate." Alawite activist ...