I grew up in this Syria. When I was a child, I remember, my father scolded my brother for telling his friends that Hafez al-Assad had imprisoned my uncles. When his son Bashar al-Assad took over ...

The cases are still rare where organized crime and wholesale corruption get backed up by a repressive, autocratic government. As in Venezuela, North Korea, and Russia, deposed Syrian leader Bashar ...

Sabra Lane: Syria's new government's been grappling with securing the nation after the fall of dictator President Bashar al-Assad last December. For months, the new security forces have been ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to pay his first official visit to Syria since the overthrow of the Assad regime in December, The New Arab's Arabic-language sister site Al-Araby Al-Jadeed ...

Operation Assad: the air mission to smuggle the Syrian despot's valuables As his enemies closed in on Damascus, Bashar al-Assad, who ruled over Syria with an iron fist for 24 years, used a private ...

Air Lease Corporation, an aircraft leasing company, engages in the purchase and leasing of commercial jet aircraft to airlines in the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle east, Africa, Mexico, Central ...

Al Green is one of the world's greatest soul singers, emerging in the 1970s with a truly stunning voice. Now known as The Reverend Al Green, he has released 29 albums over the decades, and we always ...

The winning photo depicts nine-year-old Mahmoud Ajjour whose arms were severed in an Israeli attack last year in Gaza. Israel’s defence minister admits blockade is a ‘pressure lever’ against ...

Trump does not have the authority to force Powell to resign. The Fed chair’s term is up in May 2026. These are the updates from Thursday, April 17, 2025 as Donald Trump hosts the Italian prime ...

Runners up for the annual Person of the Year award included deposed Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, Syrian dictator Bashar Hafez al-Assad, Turkish President Recip Tayyip Erdogan, and ...

When a former Al Qaeda commander and his allies swept the brutal Assad regime from power with stunning speed, it caught the world by surprise. There was jubilation over the fall of the Syrian ...