WASHINGTON – From the White House, President Joe Biden on Sunday called the collapse of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s brutal regime “a moment of historic opportunity” for the country’s long-suffering people. What he didn’t say: It’s also potentially good news for the United States. Assad’s fall not only ends his family’s bloody, half-century reign, it…
On Monday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: Rebels have taken over Syria. What’s next? USA TODAY Congress, Campaigns and Democracy Reporter Sudiksha Kochi takes a look at the possibility of bipartisanship, as some Democrats signal support for certain Trump picks and initiatives. Donald Trump says he’ll begin pardoning Jan. 6 rioters on the ‘first day’ of his second term….
Bashar Assad never intended to go into politics. He became one of the world’s most brutal dictators whose thuggish rule ended abruptly when rebels stormed into Damascus Saturday night, causing his army − and him − to flee. Instead, Assad, the second son of former Syrian ruler Hafez Assad, planned to be an ophthalmologist. He…
BEIRUT − Syrian rebels opposed to President Bashar al-Assad said on Friday they had reached the heart of the northern city of Aleppo, after a surprise sweep through government-held towns and nearly a decade after having been forced out of the city. The opposition fighters, led by the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, launched…