Syria greets new dawn as Bashar al-Assad flees amid rebel uprising: List of leaders who fled their countries
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Syria greets new dawn as Bashar al-Assad flees amid rebel uprising: List of leaders who fled their countries

Live Mint  

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad boarded a plane and left for an unknown destination, as reported by Reuters citing officials. Dhaka: In this Monday, Aug. 5, 2024 file photo, Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves the country in a helicopter as protesters storm the prime minister's palace, according to reports, in Dhaka. Rajapaksa President Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Fled Sri Lanka in July 2022 after widespread protests and economic turmoil, eventually seeking refuge in Singapore. FILE- A vandalized portrait of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is seen at a protest site outside President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, April 23, 2022. Riyad Hijab Prime Minister Riyad Hijab fled Syria in August 2012, defecting from President Bashar al-Assad's regime during the escalating Syrian Civil War.

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Syria's interim president makes first trip abroad, heading to Saudi Arabia in likely signal to Iran
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Syria's interim president makes first trip abroad, heading to Saudi Arabia in likely signal to Iran

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Syria's interim president made his …

Syria's new leader meets Lebanese caretaker PM in bid to fix strained ties
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Syria's new leader meets Lebanese caretaker PM in bid to fix strained ties

India Today  

Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa met Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati in Damascus on Saturday in a bid to improve long-fraught ties, with the pair focusing on strengthening their shared border. For much of the Assad family's five decades in power, Syria held significant influence over Lebanon, maintaining a military presence there for 29 years until 2005 in …

Ousted Leader Assad Claims He Wanted To Stay In Syria But Was Evacuated By Russia
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3 months, 1 week ago

Ousted Leader Assad Claims He Wanted To Stay In Syria But Was Evacuated By Russia

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING DAMASCUS — Ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad said Monday he wanted to stay in the country after rebels captured the capital, but the Russian military evacuated him from their base in western Syria after it came under attack. The spokesman for the transitional government’s political department said in an interview Monday that “the Assad regime is finished …

Syria civil war highlights: Hamas congratulates Syrians for achieving aspirations for freedom and justice
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Syria civil war highlights: Hamas congratulates Syrians for achieving aspirations for freedom and justice

The Hindu  

Israel has struck suspected chemical weapons sites and long-range rockets in Syria to prevent them from falling into the hands of hostile actors, the foreign minister said Monday. Hundreds of Syrian refugees gathered at two border crossings in southern Turkey today, eagerly anticipating their return home following the fall of President Bashar Assad’s government. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad fled Damascus …

Assad is in Moscow, given asylum
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Assad is in Moscow, given asylum

Deccan Chronicle  

Ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad fled to Moscow on Sunday, Russian media reported, hours after a stunning rebel advance took over the capital of Damascus and ended the Assad family's 50 years of iron rule.The Russian agencies, Tass and RIA, cited an unidentified Kremlin source on Assad and his family being given asylum in Moscow, his longtime ally and protector. …

Assad flees to Russia as rule over Syria ends
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Assad flees to Russia as rule over Syria ends

ABC  

Sabra Lane: Good morning. Sabra Lane: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered Israeli troops into the buffer zone between Syria and Israeli-occupied territory, claiming he's concerned the chaos in Syria could threaten Israel. Jane Norman: And that presents risk, he says, when 90 per cent of the nation's coal-fired power stations are on track to exit the grid within 10 …

Who Is Bashar al-Assad? From Eye Doctor To Controversial Leader Who Had To Flee War-Torn Syria
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Who Is Bashar al-Assad? From Eye Doctor To Controversial Leader Who Had To Flee War-Torn Syria

ABP News  

After nearly 14 years of devastating war, the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has come to an end, with rebel forces taking control of the capital Damascus. Russia, an ally, said Sunday Bashar al-Assad has "stepped down" as president of Syria and "left" the country. This was the first official statement after the rebels — Islamist militant group Hayat …

Syrian PM says ready to cooperate with any leadership chosen by the people
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Syrian PM says ready to cooperate with any leadership chosen by the people

The Hindu  

Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed al-Jalali said Sunday he was ready to "cooperate" with any leadership chosen by the people, after rebels said "tyrant" President Bashar al-Assad had fled the country. The leader of the Islamist Syrian rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, ordered forces not to approach official institutions in Damascus, saying they would remain under the Prime …

Syria News Highlights: Transitional PM named till March 1, new rulers plan shift to ‘free-market economy’
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Syria News Highlights: Transitional PM named till March 1, new rulers plan shift to ‘free-market economy’

Live Mint  

Syria Civil War Live Updates: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has fled the country of Syria ending a fifty year regime. The developments mark the biggest challenge to President Bashar al-Assad’s rule since Syria’s civil war began in 2011. Lebanon said it was closing all its land border crossings with Syria except for one that links Beirut with Damascus. Eight key …

Syria’s Bashar al-Assad: The president who lost his homeland
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Syria’s Bashar al-Assad: The president who lost his homeland

Al Jazeera  

Overthrown president leaves a country in ruins and questions about what’s next. After more than 13 years of war, hundreds of thousands of people killed and millions displaced, the 24-year rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is over. Al-Assad reportedly fled the country on an airplane, bringing an end to more than 53 years of his family’s authoritarian rule over …

Syria's Assad: The president who led a bloody crackdown
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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Syria's Assad: The president who led a bloody crackdown

New Indian Express  

BEIRUT: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad oversaw a merciless crackdown on a pro-democracy revolt that morphed into one of the bloodiest wars of the century. On Sunday, as rebels entered the capital, a Syrian war monitor said he had left the country, in what could spell the end not just of his 24-year rule but the downfall of his clan's five-decade …

Bashar al-Assad flees Syria for Russia
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Bashar al-Assad flees Syria for Russia

NPR  

Bashar al-Assad flees Syria for Russia SCOTT DETROW, HOST: Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, has fled the country, according to his closest ally, Russia. Opposition rebels took Syria's capital this weekend, and their controversial leader arrived in Damascus just hours after Assad vanished, greeting cheering supporters at the city's ancient mosque. What we have seen, though, is crowds of people in …

Syria crisis: President Bashar al-Assad’s rule ends as rebels storm Damascus, people celebrate
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Syria crisis: President Bashar al-Assad’s rule ends as rebels storm Damascus, people celebrate

India TV News  

In a shocking turn of events, claims of rebels infiltrating Damascus and President Bashar al-Assad fleeing the country have marked the unexpected end of the Assad family's 50-year rule over Syria. Assad leaves capital Rami Abdulrahman from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed to the Associated Press that President Assad fled Damascus early on Sunday morning. Iranian state TV, …

Syria’s Assad arrives in Saudi Arabia for regional summit, sealing his return to the Arab fold
1 year, 10 months ago

Syria’s Assad arrives in Saudi Arabia for regional summit, sealing his return to the Arab fold

Associated Press  

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Syrian President Bashar Assad arrived on Thursday in Saudi Arabia to attend a regional summit that is expected to seal Syria’s return to the Arab fold, marking his first visit to the oil-rich kingdom since Syria’s conflict began in 2011. During Syria’s conflict, Assad only visited Russia and Iran and over the past two years he …

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan heads to Syria for first visit since war
1 year, 11 months ago

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan heads to Syria for first visit since war

Firstpost  

Damascus: Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan will arrive in Damascus on Tuesday afternoon on the first visit by a Saudi top diplomat since the start of Syria’s civil war, Syria’s information ministry said. “Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan is arriving at Damascus international airport today on an official visit to Syria,” the ministry said in …

Syria’s Assad allows exiled uncle to return to avoid prison
3 years, 5 months ago

Syria’s Assad allows exiled uncle to return to avoid prison

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — President Bashar Assad allowed his exiled uncle back into Syria to avoid serving a four-year prison term in France, where he had spent more than 30 years, a Syrian pro-government newspaper reported late Friday. Al-Watan, a pro-Syrian government newspaper, reported the return of the elder Assad, who fled Syria in 1984 after he led a failed coup attempt …

Riyad Hijab quits as head of Syrian opposition’s HNC
7 years, 4 months ago

Riyad Hijab quits as head of Syrian opposition’s HNC

Al Jazeera  

Riyad Hijab announces his resignation before a meeting in Saudi Arabia aiming to ‘unify’ the Syrian opposition. Riyad Hijab, the head of Syria’s main opposition bloc, has resigned before a conference scheduled in Saudi Arabia aimed at “unifying” various groups opposing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. {articleGUID} His resignation comes two days before an “expanded” Syrian opposition conference in the Saudi …

Syrian PM escapes assassination attempt
11 years, 10 months ago

Syrian PM escapes assassination attempt

The Hindu  

Syria’s Prime Minister escaped an assassination attempt on Monday when a bomb exploded near his convoy in Damascus, state media reported, in the latest attack to target a top official in President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. The state news agency quoted Mr. Halqi as saying the attack exposes how armed groups “are bankrupt” after the latest advances made by Syrian troops …

Syrian regime near collapse, says defected premier
12 years, 7 months ago

Syrian regime near collapse, says defected premier

The Hindu  

The Syrian Prime Minister who defected said on Tuesday that Bashar Assad’s regime was near collapse and urged other leaders to tip the scales and join the rebel side. “Syria is full of honourable officials and military leaders who are waiting for the chance to join the revolution,” he said, adding that Mr. Assad’s forces only control 30 per cent …

Syrians want embassy staff accepted as refugees
12 years, 7 months ago

Syrians want embassy staff accepted as refugees

ABC  

A lobby group has called on Australia to protect Syrian embassy staff who have been ordered home but have defected from the Assad regime. Mr Hijab's dramatic escape across the border to Jordan dealt another blow to Mr Assad's authority, already shaken by the assassination last month of four of his top security officials and rebel gains in Damascus, Aleppo …

Assad Strikes Oil Deal to Keep War Machine Moving
12 years, 7 months ago

Assad Strikes Oil Deal to Keep War Machine Moving

Wired  

The regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad is falling apart. With as much as an estimated one-third of the regime's budget coming from crude exports, Assad's ability to pay his bills -- and import refined gasoline to fuel his army -- had been pauperized. "We need oil, oil products," said Qadri Jamil, Syria's deputy prime minister for economics. In late …

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