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Bashar Assad
Born on September 11, 1965, Bashar Assad took control of Syria after his father died in 2000.
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Syria: UN welcomes Assad decision to open aid crossings
The White Helmets rescue group criticized the UN for allowing Syria's president to make decisions over aid deliveries.
Could the Syrian earthquake help rehabilitate Assad?
In light of much-needed aid, Assad accelerates his ambitions to end Syria's isolation and have sanctions lifted.
Syria earthquake: Russia provides emergency assistance
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has already been receiving help from one major ally, Russia.
OPCW blames Syrian troops for 2018 chemical attack
A top chemical weapons watchdog says Syrian forces were behind a deadly chlorine gas attack on a rebel enclave in Douma.
Welcome back, Bashar Assad: Has the Syrian dictator won?
Despite accusations of war crimes and torture, barriers to the Syrian regime's international acceptance are falling.
Syria: At least 2 dead as protest escalates in Sweida
Demonstrators stormed a government building and hauled down a large picture of President Assad from its facade.
Is it time to lift sanctions on Syria?
A UN expert has called for sanctions against Syria to be lifted. Syrian activists say she's not telling the whole story.
Russia's attacks on civilians in Idlib was strategic
Displaced Syrians in Idlib camps suffer after Russia launched cluster bombs to further its own strategy.
Turkey deports hundreds of Syrian refugees — HRW reports
Refugees told researchers that they were forced to sign what they understood were voluntary repatriation forms.
Syria: How the UN plans to find over 100,000 missing people
Can a new UN organization help tens of thousands of Syrian families reunite with relatves that are missing?
What does the US actually want in Syria?
There are still 900 US soldiers in Syria. Some say they're not doing enough; others wonder why they're there at all.
As war drags, Syrian women enter job market
Twice as many Syrian women have waged jobs as before the war began in 2011. For many, it's the only way to feed kids.
In Idlib, aid is Russia's political football
Millions rely on humanitarian aid through one Syrian border crossing. A decision to keep it open may hinge on Ukraine.
Syria: Leaked video exposes Assad killing machine
A leaked six-minute video shows scenes of a grizzly Damascus massacre by Assad forces.
Syrian refugees fear Turkey will force them back
Syrian refugees in Turkey fear they will be forced into "safe areas" inside Syria that are not safe at all.
Syria's Assad pays rare visit to ally Iran
Syrian President Bashar Assad has visited Tehran for only the second time since the civil war broke out in his country.
Top German court upholds Syrian's conviction
A top German court has quashed an appeal by an ex-member of Syria's secret police convicted on torture-related charges.
Syrians show solidarity with Ukrainians
The images of destruction from cities across Ukraine have struck close to home for many Syrians.
Assad visits UAE in first trip to Arab state since civil war
Bashar al-Assad's visit ot the UAE is the latest sign of rapprochement between Syria and other Arab states.
Syrian on Ukraine: 'We share a similar suffering'
Some experts think things may have turned out differently in Ukraine if the West had stood up to the Kremlin over Syria.
Hundreds turn out for rare protest in southern Syria
Protesters in the Druze city of Sweida called for "a democratic state."
Syrian doctor denies torture charges in German court
The 36-year-old has been accused of torturing detainees in a military hospital and killing one by lethal injection.
Syrian ex-colonel faces verdict in historic torture trial
For the first time in any country, Syrian intelligence officers are facing trial for crimes against humanity.
European travel agencies resume Syria tours
The tour guides say it's about cultural contact. Critics say they're helping normalize relations with a brutal regime.
Syria's Assad let exiled uncle return to avoid imprisonment
Rifaat al-Assad was facing four years behind bars in France for laundering embezzled funds.
Rubble for a canvas
Aziz Asmar turns rubble into canvas as the Syrian paints world realities on shelled buildings in his native Idlib.
Lebanon deal: Beginning of the end of Syria's isolation?
A Syrian-Jordanian energy deal is being seen as a step toward international rehabilitation of the Assad regime.
'Dozens' in Kremlin have COVID
The Russian president is likely to self-isolate for at least another week.
US issues new Syria sanctions
Those targeted include eight individuals tied to the Syrian government and President Bashar Assad.
France probes war crimes committed in Syria
This is the first time a Western country is looking into atrocities committed by rebel groups, one being Jaish al-Islam, once considered the strongest armed opposition group in Syria. DW spoke to witnesses who say they suffered abuse and torture at the hands of the hard-liners.
Who kidnapped Razan Zaitouneh?
Human rights activist Razan Zaitouneh was kidnapped during the Syrian civil war.
Syria election: Bashar Assad wins 4th term
Assad has won another seven-year term with a vote share of 95.1%, according to results read out in parliament.
The dilemma with Assad in Syria
Once again, Bashar Assad is having himself elected president. The West needs a new strategy to deal with Syria.
Syrians head to polls as West slams 'illegitimate' vote
The US and multiple European countries say the "fraudulent election" is neither "free nor fair."
Syria's election guarantees 1 thing — Bashar Assad will win
There are no prizes for guessing who will win Syria's election. But will Russia and Iran have the deciding vote?
Turkey: Syrian refugees lose hope
After ten years in exile, disillusionment is spreading among Syrian families in Istanbul.
Bashar Assad runs for reelection in Syria
Despite five challengers to the incumbent, international governments and the UN see no sign of a fair election.
Syria stripped of voting rights by chemical weapons watchdog
Syria has been stripped of its voting rights at the OPCW, after it repeatedly used chemical weapons in its civil war.
Denmark tells Syrian refugees to return to Damascus
Damascus is safe again, Denmark says — and urges Syrian refugees to leave.
Syria accused of using chlorine bomb on civilians
A global chemical weapons watchdog has said the Syrian air force dropped a chlorine bomb on a rebel-held city in 2018.
State-sanctioned Torture on Trial
Assad's state torture in court - the first such trial worldwide, in Germany
Syrian donor conferences are not enough for peace
Lina Khatib
Donor conferences for Syria risk becoming a mere band-aid to cover a wound, writes Lina Khatib.
Syria: US warns world powers to keep pressuring Assad
The US envoy to the UN says world powers should not be "fooled" by Syria's presidential election this summer.
Syria: UK sanctions Assad allies
The foreign minister is one of six members of the regime being held to account for "repressing the Syrian people."
Razan Zaitouneh: The missing face of Syria's revolution
Her fight against injustice made her enemies on all sides. Ten years after the revolution, DW remembers her fate.
Syrian artist Kefah Ali Deeb: Mediating between culture
In Berlin, Kefah Ali Deeb brings refugees and locals peacefully together.
Syria's hospitals face systematic attacks: report
Data obtained by DW suggests attacks on hospitals formed part of a strategy to undermine access to medical facilities.
Syrian President Assad tests positive for COVID
The president and his wife, Asma, are in quarantine and in a "stable condition," the Syrian government has announced.
Syrian pair appear in German court over filmed 'execution'
They are accused of taking part in and filming the "execution" of a Syrian regime soldier for propaganda purposes.
A historic message
Matthias von Hein
The significance of the Syria torture verdict in Koblenz goes beyond the trial — and beyond Germany's borders.
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