Hafez al-Assad

Syria-Palestine
Yarmouk camp
Unfiltered

The Assad regime's true interest in Palestine was domination

On the anniversary of the 2018 Yarmouk camp attack, Alex Bustos argues the Assad regime worked to weaken Palestinian liberation at every turn.

Alex Bustos
26 April, 2026
Al-Khouli fled Syria when the Assad dynasty was swept from power in 2024
Syria
MENA
Live Story

Notorious Syrian intel chief Muhammad al-Khouli dies in Beirut

The New Arab Staff
03 March, 2026
Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces Herzi Halevi holds an assessment meeting after Israeli intelligence agency Mossad planted explosives in the batteries of pager devices that detonated in Lebanon. [Getty]
Israel
MENA
Live Story

Israeli author claims Mossad recruited Hafez Al-Assad's advisor

Beirut Hammoud
26 February, 2026
Ziad Rahbani [Getty]
Lebanon
MENA
Live Story

End of an era as Beirut renames Assad avenue after Ziad Rahbani

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 August, 2025
Syria
Post-Assad Syria
Narrated

Returning to Syria after 14 yrs: Is there hope for freedom?

Andrea Glioti

Andrea Glioti

22 July, 2025
Syria-after-Assad-December-18-Damascus
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
Live Story

Grave of ex-Syrian dictator Hafez al-Assad exhumed in Qardaha

The New Arab Staff
28 April, 2025
Woman standing in a wide empty street with building blocks in background
Post-Assad Syria
Society
Live Story

Syria’s Alawis: A legacy of exploitation under the Assad dynasty

The New Arab Staff

Shahira Salloum

25 February, 2025
Syrian_bookseller
Hafez al-Assad
Society
Live Story

With Assad gone, Syrian booksellers revive once-forbidden books

Mawada Bahah

Mawada Bahah

17 February, 2025
The statues and portraits of Hafez al-Assad and his son Bashar are removed following the overthrow of the 61-year Baath regime at notorious torture and intelligence center in Damascus, Syria on December 21, 2024. (Photo by Emin Sansar/Anadolu )
Syria
MENA
Live Story

Assad's son confirms post detailing final night in Damascus

The New Arab Staff
13 February, 2025
syrian_jews
Syria
Society
Live Story

Why the last Jews of Syria are staying connected to their roots

The New Arab Staff

Salwa Amor

03 February, 2025
Men celebrating next to a Syrian opposition flag
Post-Assad Syria
Society
Live Story

No going back as post-Assad Syria shakes off decades of terror

The New Arab Staff

Shahira Salloum

28 January, 2025
The Assad dynasty has failed the Palestinian struggle for liberation. Their fall is an opportunity to rebuild commitment to the cause
Post-Assad Syria
Perspectives

How the 1973 war with Israel began the Assads' war on Syrians

Jad Baghdadi

Jad Baghdadi

30 December, 2024
Lebanese star singer Elissa performs dur
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
Live Story

Lebanese star Elissa says freed Saydnaya prisoner is her cousin

The New Arab Staff
10 December, 2024
A Syrian man walks by a poster portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, under which hang campaign banners displaying names of candidates for the legislative elections in Damascus, 12 April 2007.
Syria
MENA
Live Story

Syria's Baath party oversaw half a century of repression

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 December, 2024
Ali Duba was one of the key figures of former President Hafez al-Assad's regime [Getty File Image]
Syria
MENA
Live Story

Syria: Feared former intelligence chief Ali Duba dies age 89

The New Arab Staff
21 June, 2023
Syria
MENA
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Syrians remember horrors of 1982 Hama massacre 40 years on

The New Arab Staff
02 February, 2022
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Syria
MENA
Live Story

Calls for France to strip Assad's uncle of honour

The New Arab Staff
23 June, 2020
rifaat al-assad syria
Syria
MENA
Live Story

Assad’s uncle sentenced to four years for embezzling funds

The New Arab Staff
17 June, 2020
Syria Weekly
Syria
Analysis
Live Story

Syria Weekly: Assad regime running on empty

19 April, 2019
Nazi Hunter
torture
MENA
Live Story

Nazi war criminal Alois Brunner 'died in Damascus'

The New Arab & agencies
11 January, 2017
castro and hafez
Syria
Narrated

Fidel Castro and the House of Assad

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Martin Armstrong

26 November, 2016