Photo Illustration by Victoria Sunday/The Daily Beast/Getty Images Cliche has it that behind every great man stands a woman—and as it happens, the same also applies to murderous dictators. Syria’s ...

VLADIMIR Putin has thrown a ring of steel around exiled dictator pal Bashar al-Assad as the tyrant marks his first ...

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Bashar al-Assad’s critically ill wife will not be allowed to return to the UK for cancer treatment after her British passport expired, according to reports. The 49-year-old, born in London to Syrian ...

The report portrays a life that is comfortable but constrained: Assad is described as largely cut off from public view, with ...

Asma Assad, the wife of former Syrian President Bashar Assad, is reportedly battling for her life against leukemia while living in exile. Nobel Peace Prize winner Machado escapes Venezuela to finally ...

The British newspaper the Guardian on Wednesday published a cache of emails exchanged between Syrian President Bashar Assad, his wife Asma and their close circle, shedding light on the dictator’s life ...

Syrian leader Bashar Assad issued what appeared to be his first public statement since he was ousted and fled with his family ...

BEIRUT (AP) – As Syria’s bloodshed deepens, the British-born first lady has become an object of contempt for many, a Marie Antoinette figure who shopped online for crystal-encrusted Christian ...

Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday afternoon that at least 1,429 people were killed in the recent chemical weapons attack in Syria, including at least 426 children — evidence meant to bolster ...

Asma Akhras Assad, the wife of Syrian President Bashar Assad, poses for the camera on May 20, 2007 with deaf Syrian children, unseen, at the Arab Cultural Center in Damascus, where the children were ...