Obama said Assad's "calls for dialogue and reform have run hollow while he is imprisoning, torturing and slaughtering his own people." But who is the tall, blue-eyed, English-speaking man who has ...

How did the blue-eyed, tall, Western-educated ophthalmologist and reserved al-Assad, the one who was trained as a doctor to diagnose and eradicate diseases, so misgovern the domestic, regional ...

Today, Heisa is excited, his blue eyes twinkling and his face lit up with what seems like an incurable smile. With Assad gone, the 27-year-old can finally leave his neighborhood. He was evading ...

Can Assad’s fall unite the city? The battle for Aleppo fractured the city along social and economic lines. Whether people here can live together again will help decide the fate of a new Syria.

After the expiration of her British passport, London-born Asma Al-Assad is unable to travel to the UK for cancer treatment, a Sunday report by The Sunday Times revealed. Assad, 49, who also holds ...