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.

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 ...

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.

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, ...