Assad, an ophthalmologist who graduated from Damascus University (Syria) and specialised at the Western Eye Hospital in London (UK), had a sudden career shift to politics and became Syria's President ...
Syria has a new interim government, but there is concern about how it will govern following contradictory remarks. Some groups, including women's rights advocates, are already testing the terrain.
Banks and shops in the Syrian capital Damascus were reopening Tuesday as some aspects of normal life appeared to resume in the capital two days after longtime dictator Basharal-Assad was forced ...