Assad is a longtime ally of Putin, and the two have shared a friendly relationship for decades.He and his family will likely be given luxurious quarters by the Russian government. Former Ukrainian ...

President Trump signed an executive order on Monday rescinding most U.S. sanctions imposed on Syria since the 1970s, a major ...

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Who’s on Assad’s side? The Assad family, which has run Syria since a 1970 coup, is Alawite, ... Not surprisingly, the U.S. and the European Union view Assad as an enemy.

Washington had considered intervening on the side of the insurgents, but mostly stayed on the sidelines. Since 2014, U.S. troops have been operating in northern Syria, but their mission has been ...

Iranian-backed militias such as Hezbollah have been fighting on the Assad side since at least 2012. Russia threw its weight behind Assad from 2015, as Vladimir Putin saw a chance to reassert ...

Syria Islamist rebels in Syria catch Assad, Putin, Iran regimes off guard giving US new mideast headache Radical Islamist group HTS seeks to create ‘Talibanesque society in Syria,’ expert says ...

The summer home of ousted leader Bashar al-Assad was once off-limits to ordinary Syrians. Now people are lining up to visit and wandering around the rooms — which are empty after being looted.

Assad hides from public view as his family settles into life under Putin’s protection. By Timothy Nerozzi. Facebook. Twitter. WhatsApp. Linkedin. Email. Print. December 9, 2024 4:47 pm. Facebook.