The rebels, which operate under the military command of the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group (HTS), moved into the capital and occupied the presidential palace. "We declare the city of Damascus ...

This account of al-Assad’s fall, much of which has not been previously reported, is based on interviews with Syrian, Iranian, Iraqi and Turkish officials; Damascus-based diplomats; associates of ...

Bashar al-Assad, the butcher of Damascus ... before proclaiming victory in a speech at the city’s ancient mosque. World leaders welcomed the fall of Assad but expressed caution about HTS.

When Syrian rebel leader Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in Damascus and gave a victory speech on the heels of a lightning military campaign that swept through the country and toppled Bashar al-Assad's regime ...

Hours before rebel forces seized Damascus and toppled his government on Sunday, Syrian president Bashar al ... Assad had even asked his close adviser Buthaina Shaaban to prepare a speech ...

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was already out of the country, telling hardly anyone, five former officials told AFP. The night before, Assad had even asked his close adviser Buthaina Shaaban to ...

His speech came as Syria's president Bashar al-Assad fled -- for Moscow according to Russian news agencies -- triggering celebrations across Syria and beyond at the end of his oppressive rule.

In a speech from the White House on Sunday afternoon ... he claimed he did not know his location. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad attends the Extraordinary Arab and Islamic Summit in Riyadh ...

Bashar al-Assad confided in almost no one about his ... and asked her to come to his home to write him a speech, the aide said. She arrived to find no one was there. “Assad didn’t even make ...