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.

Syria’s return to oil exports after the fall of the Assad regime is seen by many as a sign that Iran’s Shia Crescent of ...

A day after the regime of President Bashar al-Assad fell, civilians poured into the streets of Damascus, weeping in disbelief. Many sought word of relatives held in a notorious prison on the ...

NOTE: No, former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was not on the plane that lost 6,700 meters in seconds. The video shown here shows a plane fragment engulfed in a huge fire, but it does not ...

Bashar al-Assad inherited power from his father in 2000; he had been ruling since then. Since 2011, he spearheaded the crackdown on the democracy movement that began with peaceful protests. Bashar ...

President Bashar al-Assad, who wielded fear and force over Syria for more than two decades, fled the country under the cover of night — and a fake political address.

More than a decade after we started a program of regime change, Bashar al-Assad is still in power. US forces patrolled oil fields near ... who was president of Pakistan during the 9/11 era.

Days after getting ousted from Syria, Bashar al-Assad poisoned in Russia by… A social media account, General SVR, operated by a former Russian spy, stated that Assad sought medical assistance ...

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has released its 2025 global liveability index, ranking 173 cities based on healthcare, education, stability, infrastructure, and environment. Copenhagen, Denmark ...

Yet Bashar al-Assad became the latest murderous despot to have trained as a doctor – or “doctator”. ... Saudi Arabia and later with the Red Crescent in Pakistan.

UN reveals 2 million Syrians have returned since Assad's ouster, offering hope for reconstruction. After 14 years of war, ...