Family friend, sources in Russia and Syria, and leaked data help give rare insight into life of dictator’s reclusive household In 2011, a group of teenage boys spray-painted a warning on to a wall in ...

Anka says Bashar often describes the present era as a turning point in human history. (Photo for illustrative purposes only). Thor Deichmann/Pixabay The idea that humanity may soon meet ...

Watch live from from Umayyad Square in Damascus where people are gathered, singing and chanting, to celebrate one year since Syria's autocrat Bashar al-Assad fell from power.