The hopes of liberalization raised at the start of Hafez al-Assad's son's rule were short-lived. Urged by his family, the ...

"At least under the former dictator, Bashar al-Assad," he says ... from Iran - a country which sponsored both the Assad regime and Hezbollah. IBTISSAM HUMHOM: (Speaking Arabic).

Since Bashar al-Assad fled the country and Ahmad al-Sharaa arrived in Damascus, eventually being declared president, every speech and interview he has given, whether televised or in print, reflects a ...

The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime has largely neutralized Iran’s influence through the regime in Syria and its ally Hezbollah in Lebanon, both of which posed significant threats to Israel.

Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria. “Hezbollah still has legitimacy,” Ziad Majed, a Lebanese political researcher, told Al Jazeera. “It will have to accept to be a strong – and it will be ...