From Donald Trump being shot at a campaign rally to Bashar al-Assad's shock overthrow, Newsweek writers on the moment of 2024: plus have your say. By Newsweek Staff On 12/22/24 at 5:00 AM EST.

Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and a key ally of the Turkish government, has called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to hold unconditional talks with Turkish ...

Syrian rebels took control of Damascus, announcing the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad, who, according to Russia, resigned and left the country, but his whereabouts remain unknown. View on euronews ...

Bashar al-Assad is the second son of Hafez al-Assad, a military officer who led a coup in 1970 and ruled Syria for nearly 30 years. Born in Damascus, the younger Assad was just 5 years old when ...

The fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, the culmination of years of civil war, has given way to a power vacuum with different factions protecting their own interests – and vying for power ...

Syria’s iron-fisted leader Bashar al-Assad is the second generation of an autocratic family dynasty that held power for more than five decades and his disappearance amid a lighting rebel advance ...

After nearly 14 years of civil war, Syria's Assad regime crumbled in a stunning series of rebel advances culminating in the capture of Damascus. Spearheaded by the HTS-led coalition, with support ...

Images of Bashar al-Assad and his family were emblematic of the dynasty’s grip on Syria. Though remnants linger after the regime’s ouster, the removal of the once ubiquitous relics has offered ...