Syria's iron-fisted leader Bashar al-Assad is the second generation of an autocratic family dynasty that ruled Syria for more than 50 years. His absence during a lightning-fast rebel offensive ...
The new leadership of the country said the rebel coalition leader, Ahmed al-Shara, would serve as president during a ...
his sister Bushra, known as "the Iron Lady," along with her husband Asef Shawkat, a key intelligence figure; and his wife Asma al-Assad. As Assad flees, the united front once held by his family is ...