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Then-president Bashar al-Assad, center, waves to his supporters at a polling station during presidential elections in the town of Douma, near the Syrian capital of Damascus, May 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
August 11, 2026, 5:19 pm
Syrian court sentences ex-president Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia for war crimes
Assad’s cousin Atef Najib, present in Damascus court, also given death penalty for overseeing 2011 crackdown that helped trigger uprising against regime
By GHAITH ALSAYED and SAMAR KASSABALLI
Then-president Bashar al-Assad, center, waves to his supporters at a polling station during presidential elections in the town of Douma, near the Syrian capital of Damascus, May 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
December 13, 2024, 8:39 pm
Bashar al-Assad’s inner circle: Who are they and where are they now?
Some Syrian regime officials believed to have entered Lebanon with fake identification; ousted president and brother most likely in Russia
By BASSEM MROUE
In this photo released on Nov. 9, 2019, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks in Damascus, Syria. (SANA via AP)
May 21, 2024, 11:01 am
France to begin trial of Syrian intelligence officials over 2013 deaths of father, son
3 suspects all held senior positions when dual French-Syrian citizens Mazen and Patrick Dabbagh were taken from their Damascus home at height of anti-government protests
By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY, Barbara Surk and John Leicester
In this May 26, 2021 file photo, Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, waves to his supporters at a polling station during the Presidential elections in Douma, Syria. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
November 15, 2023, 6:17 pm
France issues arrest warrants for Syria’s Assad over 2013 chemical attacks
Warrants also issued for president’s brother Maher and 2 generals involved in alleged strike on opposition-held Damascus neighborhoods, which killed over 1,000
By Angela Charlton and Barbara Surk
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, speaks with Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, before their meeting in Tehran, Syria, Monday, Feb. 25, 2019. erupted nearly eight years ago. (SANA via AP)
January 14, 2021, 4:59 pm
Iran trying to deepen roots in Syria despite signs it may no longer be welcome
An article from an Assad ally suggests that Damascus may be looking to shift away from the Shiite axis even as Tehran tries to build up local support with Lebanon-style project
By Avi Issacharoff
Marie Colvin (AP/Sunday Times)
July 10, 2016, 8:38 am
US reporter killed in Syria was targeted by regime, lawsuit claims
Syrian military intercepted Marie Colvin’s communications, launched rocket barrage on her position, documents charge
By AFP
Maher Assad (photo credit: Wikipedia Commons / m.nadaff)
June 21, 2014, 6:13 pm
Assad’s feared brother resurfaces 2 years after rumored attack
Notorious leader of elite army division was said to have lost both legs in 2012 bombing
By AFP
In this June 13, 2000 file photo, Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, his brother Maher, center, and brother-in-law Major General Assef Shawkat, left, stand during the funeral of late president Hafez Assad in Damascus, Syria (photo credit: AP)
September 14, 2013, 7:22 pm
Bashar Assad’s brother Maher is key to regime’s survival
Commanding 15,000 of the regime’s best paid and best trained soldiers, ‘merciless butcher’ Maher has led the bloody, relentless crackdown on dissent
By Barbara Surk
Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, stands next to Syrian Defense Minister Gen. Dawoud Rajha, right, and Chief of Staff Gen. Fahed al-Jasem el-Freij, left, during a ceremony to mark the 38th anniversary of the October 1973 Arab-Israeli war, in Damascus, Syria, in 2011. (AP Photo/SANA)
August 28, 2013, 12:37 pm
Syria said to clear out security installations ahead of attack
Moscow evacuates nationals; Iran dismisses ‘ridiculous’ reports of Assad in Tehran; UN inspectors return to site of alleged chemical attack
By Michal Shmulovich
Victims of an attack on the Damascus suburb of Ghouta, Syria, Wednesday, August 21, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Shaam News Network)
August 28, 2013, 6:49 am
Syrian officials’ ‘panicked calls’ prove culpability, US says
Information pointing to Assad also includes Israeli intel showing regime moved chemical weapons to site of attack
By Haviv Rettig Gur and AP
Farid Ghadry
August 27, 2013, 12:58 pm
Farid Ghadry
Assad wants Assad dead
The Syrian president’s younger brother probably unleashed the deadly gas attack and killing him could help stop the violence
Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, shakes hands with worshipers at a mosque last October. (photo credit: AP)
August 26, 2013, 8:39 pm
Families of Syrian brass ‘fleeing’ ahead of feared US strike
Exit of regime chiefs’ relatives under way via Latakia Airport, Israeli TV reports; US said likely to warn Israel before attack on Assad
By ToI Staff
Bodies are buried after an August 21, 2013 chemical attack near Damascus (AP Photo/Shaam News Network)
August 26, 2013, 6:05 pm
‘IDF intercepted Syrian regime chatter on chemical attack’
Real-time Israeli intelligence confirmed Assad behind horrific assault last week, German weekly reports
By Adiv Sterman
A child being treated in a hospital, reportedly after a chemical attack east of Damascus, August 21. (Screenshot: YouTube)
August 24, 2013, 11:48 pm
Israel said expecting US military response in Syria
Damascus warns ‘mass of flames will ignite Middle East’ if regime attacked; Assad’s chemical weapons use reportedly discussed in call between US and Israeli army chiefs
By ToI Staff
Syrian citizens try to identify dead bodies after an alleged poisonous gas attack near Damascus, on August 21, 2013. (AP/Local Committee of Arbeen)
August 24, 2013, 5:48 pm
Israel TV: Chemical weapons were fired by Assad’s brother’s unit
Maher Assad’s 4th Armored Division of Syrian Army launched nerve gas shells that killed hundreds last Wednesday from base west of Damascus, report says
By ToI Staff
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