(CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Bashar al-Assad, who was president of Syria from 2000 to 2024. 1994 – Syrian President Hafez Assad’s oldest son and heir apparent, Basel, dies in a car accident.

For more than 50 years, Syria was ruled by Hafez Assad and then his son Bashar. During the Arab Spring, rebellion broke out against their rule in 2011 across the country of 23 million people, igniting ...

The moment Yitzhak Shamir dreaded had arrived: President Hafez Assad of Syria agreed to U.S. proposals for a Mideast peace conference. His enemy's concession confronted the Israeli prime minister with ...

Sharaa's Washington trip marks the first visit by a Syrian head of state since 1946. Talks aim to have Damascus join the ...

A few years ago, a high-ranking U.S. intelligence official was asked what he most wanted to know about Bashar Assad, the Syrian leader. “Whether he’s Michael or Fredo,” he replied. “Whether Syria’s ...

US President Donald Trump will host Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa for talks, a first-ever visit by a Syrian president to the White House, an administration official said Saturday, as US Special ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is hosting Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa at the White House on Monday, welcoming the once-pariah state into a U.S-led global coalition to fight the Islamic ...