But in this one room, saved from the fire that had burned much else, we got a small glimpse into Assad's system of fear. ABC's James Longman inside of Assad’s secret police headquarters, Branch 235.

Assad’s exit stood in stark contrast to his first months as Syria’s unlikely president in 2000, when many hoped he would be a young reformer after three decades of his father’s iron grip.

Syria's Bashar al-Assad issued his first statement since being toppled from power, saying he was evacuated to Russia from the Hmeimim base on Dec. 8 as it came under drone attack.

Assad made no public address in his final days in power and remained out of sight, except for one meeting, photographed by ...

President Bashar al-Assad ruled his country with an iron fist for 24 years, as his father had done for 30 years before him. When he appeared to prevail in Syria’s civil war, it was widely ...

The US has charged two high-ranking officials of the fallen Assad regime with war crimes for allegedly torturing Syrian and American citizens, as rebels vow to hold the ousted leaders accountable.

Mystery surrounded the whereabouts of Bashar al-Assad, who was no longer in Damascus when rebels captured the Syrian capital on Sunday, ending more than five decades of his family's rule.

The regime of Bashar al-Assad has collapsed. He has fled Damascus for Moscow, leaving Syria’s rebels – diverse in tribe, race ...

After the downfall of the Assad regime, how can Syrians reconcile and form an inclusive government for all citizens? NPR speaks with Mona Yacoubian with the United States Institute of Peace.

Assad's hometown of Qardaha - home to a mausoleum to his father, Hafez - for many years hosted continuous funerals due to the numbers of loyalist fighters who were dying to defend him, locals say.

Syrian dictator Bashar Assad has arrived in Moscow and was granted asylum by the Russian government, a longtime ally of the Syrian leader in the nearly 14-year-long civil war.

The sudden collapse of Bashar al-Assad's rule over Syria marks the culmination of a nearly 14-year rebellion and a key moment in a civil war that killed hundreds of thousands of people, displaced ...