From Donald Trump being shot at a campaign rally to Bashar al-Assad's shock overthrow, Newsweek writers on the moment of 2024: plus have your say. By Newsweek Staff On 12/22/24 at 5:00 AM EST.

The protagonist is a metaphor for Hafez Al Assad, father of Bashar Al Assad and his predecessor as Syrian leader. The movie character is a patriarchal figure whose authoritarian tendencies lead to ...

How the Assad Regime Built a Mass Grave in Syria. Months after President Bashar al-Assad’s regime was toppled, Charlie Smart, a reporter at The New York Times, traveled to a mass burial site in ...

On the outskirts of Syria's capital Damascus, NBC News got a look at former President Bashar al-Assad's palaces.

Months after dictator Bashar al-Assad fled Syria, the country’s Kurdish population faces continued uncertainty — and Turkish ...

Comics had already been trying to foster stand-up in Syria before Bashar al-Assad’s fall. Now, they are telling jokes in a liberated country, while warily eyeing the new government.