Russian officials have been forced to issue a statement after reports emerged suggesting the wife of ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was seeking a divorce.

Assad’s regime collapsed faster than anyone had predicted. The sudden nature of its downfall left many scrambling for answers, and it seems no one was more unprepared than Assad himself.

Tucker Carlson has officially started defending Syrian ex-President Bashar al-Assad because of course he has. During an interview with economist Jeffrey Sachs on Tuesday, Carlson said he didn’t understand why he was supposed to hate Assad, the Syrian dictator who fled to Russia earlier this month after opposition forces overtook Damascus.

In his first public comments since fleeing Syria and being evacuated to Russia, former leader Bashar al-Assad says his departure was unplanned.

As a supporter of the deposed regime in Syria, Moscow wishes to retain two military bases there as a logistical base for its operations in the Sahel. Moreover, Vladimir Putin's inability to save his Syrian ally is casting doubt among West African juntas on the solidity and reliability of their Russian partner.

one in which extremism and former allies Russia and Iran have no place. Geir Pedersen, UN Special envoy to Syria, visits Sednaya prison, which was known as a slaughterhouse under Syria's Bashar al-Assad rule, on Monday in Sednaya, Syria. (Amr Abdallah ...

Syria central bank sent US$250 million in cash to Russia in 2018 & 2019, when former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was heavily dependent on Russia.

Holding elections in Syria could take up to four years, Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said in an interview with Al Arabiya on Sunday, the first time he has commented on a

Assad, 49, will be unable to come back to her native London without her official travel documents amid reports she is severely ill with leukemia and has only a '50-50' chance of survival.

The wife and daughter of one of former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad's cousins have been arrested in Lebanon. They were detained at Beirut's airport, reports Associated Press. According to sources in Lebanon's law enforcement,

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The ongoing struggle for power in Syria has significant implications not just for the Middle East, but for the global geopolitical landscape as a whole. As Bashar al-Assad's regime weakens, the strategic interests of major players like Russia,