Asma and Bashar al-Assad have three children – sons Hafez, 23, and Karim, 19, and daughter Zein, 21. Hafez, named after his paternal grandfather, studied mathematics at Moscow State University ...

Asma al-Assad, the wife of Syria's ousted president Bashar al-Assad, has filed for divorce after she was not satisfied with her life in Moscow, where her family is staying under asylum ...

An explosion occurred in an apartment building in southwest Moscow on Sunday evening, followed by a fire that spread across two floors, local officials said. Two people were killed in the blast and ...

IMAGE: Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, speaks with Syria's then president Bashar al-Assad during their meeting in Moscow's Kremlin, January 25, 2005. Photograph: ITAR-TASS/KREMLIN PRESS ...

Syrian President Ahmed al-Shara said Moscow has rejected his government’s plea to extradite ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad in exchange for continued Russian military presence in Syria. Al-Shara, who ...

Said, 65, lived most of his life under Assad family rule. Father-and-son dictators had portrayed themselves as the sole providers of safety and services to Syrians. But they were corrupt ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim ... after the fall of its ally Bashar al-Assad in December. Assad was toppled by rebels led by Ahmed al-Sharaa, who has replaced him as president.

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday that Syria's new leader was keen to build ties with Moscow. The assurance from ... after the fall of its ...

Syria's embassy in Moscow did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Russian President Vladimir Putin granted asylum to former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad when he fled to Moscow ...

Last April he was killed in Donetsk — one of the few Americans to have fought with Moscow’s forces in the ... The 21-year-old was the son of a senior CIA official and an Iraq War veteran ...