Bashar al-Assad succeeded him in 2000. Mohammed al-Bashir, the newly appointed caretaker prime minister, said the priority was to ensure that people could return to work, but pledged to bring to ...

On the slopes of Mount Qasyun which overlooks Damascus, a network of tunnels links a military complex, tasked with defending ...

Instead of promised military action, a Russian-brokered deal dismantled Assad’s chemical arsenal — but, with American acquiescence, allowed him to survive. Syrian Pres. Bashir al-Assad is ...

Vladimir Putin has been quiet about Syria since the end of Bashir Assad's rule. Rebels deposed Russia's longtime ally earlier this month, jeopardizing its military presence there. Any discussion about ...

After rebel forces moved into Damascus and Assad fled to Russia, Mr Bashir was appointed the new prime minister of Syria, leading a transition government. No longer just running part of one ...

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Mr. al-Bashir’s appointment as caretaker prime minister was confirmed on Tuesday, days after the Islamist rebel alliance known as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham toppled the Assad regime. Mr. al-Bashir ...

Bashir inherits a deeply divided country battered by 13 years of civil war, with many living in poverty. Days after the collapse of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria, Mohammad al-Bashir was ...

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), one of the Syrian rebel groups that led the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has appointed Mohammed al-Bashir as the leader of Syria’s interim government.

With the fall of the regime in Syria, Bashar al-Assad fled the country with his family to Moscow, where they are understood to have been granted political asylum by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The rebel group that toppled Syria’s President Bashar Al-Assad tasked Mohammed Al Bashir to form a transitional government, Syrian television reported. Al Bashir will form a government to manage ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 10 (UPI) --Syrian rebels, who toppled President Bashar Assad over the weekend, named Mohamed al-Bashir as caretaker prime minister of the transitional government Tuesday as ...