Assad Family

US sanctions dozens including Assad's wife in new Syria campaign

The first batch of designations target 39 people or entities, including Syrian regime leader Bashar al Assad personally as well as his wife Asma ⁠— the first time she has been targeted by US sanctions.

A who's who of the Assad family in Syria

Sunni majority Syria was carved out of Ottoman Turkey in 1945, but since 1970, the Assad clan from an Alawite minority has ruled over it.

How new protests in Syria are pushing Assad to the brink

Experts say Syria's economic woes could weaken Bashar al Assad's military stranglehold over the country.

Anti-Assad demonstrations break out in southern Syria as currency collapses

Protests erupted in Suweida over deteriorating living standards, as Assad struggles to keep the economy afloat.

An Iranian lawmaker says Syria owes Tehran massive monetary debt

Iranian lawmaker Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh says Syria should pay Iran for what it has spent on the country’s war.

Are Assad and Haftar mutually benefiting from the illicit drug trade?

The Syrian dictator and the Libyan warlord have been accused of tacitly working together to amass fortunes from illegal drug trafficking, exploiting civil war conditions of both Libya and Syria.

The Russia-Syria alliance is no longer what it used to be

Bashar al Assad's Syria appears to be at odds with Russia on several fronts as Moscow’s financial troubles swell.

How Assad balances competing interests of Russia and Iran in Syria

Faultlines have emerged between the Syrian regime's allies Moscow and Tehran as their economic interests have begun to clash in the region. Can Assad maintain ties with both sides while accumulating a massive war debt?

Syrians explain how pro-Assad conspiracy theories are hurting them

Propaganda distilled through western journalists mars the flow of information out of Syria, and helps the Assad regime escape accountability for its widely documented crimes.

Putin informs Trump about talks with Assad

Trump and Putin spoke by telephone for about an hour, covering topics including Syria, Ukraine, Iran, North Korea and Afghanistan.

Syrians boycott new currency featuring Assad’s face

The 2,000 Syrian pound banknote featuring regime leader Bashar al Assad's portrait has been in circulation for two months across the country, but the move has been met with controversy by Syrians who are not comfortable using it.

Family of slain Syrian activist and journalist cast blame on Assad regime

Orouba Barakat and her daughter Halla were murdered in their Istanbul flat, in what their family and opposition activists believe was a killing ordered by the Syrian regime.