For decades, statues of Hafez al-Assad symbolized power and repression. Today, they fall as Syrians reclaim public spaces ...

A colossal statue of Hafez al-Assad was once a powerful symbol of Syria’s ruling regime, looming over the Damascus-Aleppo highway. Now, like that regime, it is toppled, and Syrians have been visiting ...

most Syrians are too young to remember a time when the country was not ruled by the Assads. Even prior to the rebels' declaration of the fall of Damascus, statues of Hafez al-Assad had been ...

CAIRO — Months before his death in 1999, Syrian President Hafez al-Assad advised Lebanese Prime ... welcomed communications with the young man and traveled to Damascus with a small number ...

A week later, the Ministry of Information sent an online form for journalists, asking them to detail work plans before they ...

As preparations were being made to entomb former Syrian president Hafez al-Assad in a mausoleum nearby, a young Imam sat on the steps of the mosque and sighed, before confessing a dangerous ...

The new Syria is a land of firsts: for the first time many Syrians are openly criticising the authorities, sharing stories of ...

The huge toppled statue of former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad in the Damascus countryside town of Deir Atiyam in Qalamoun remains a symbol of the overthrow of his son Bashar al-Assad's regime last ...