#1 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 10/22/2015 #4

Putin (R) greets his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad (L) during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow.

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#2 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 02/27/2019 #2

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani shakes hands with Syrian President Bashar al Assad, in Tehran, Iran.

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#3 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/06/2022 #18

In 2013, in his first public speech in six months, a defiant Syrian President Bashar al-Assad rallied a cheering crowd to fight the uprising against his authoritarian rule, dismissing any chance of dialogue with what he called “murderous criminals”. #BasharAlAssad

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#4 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/15/2022 #18

In 2012, addressing a conference in Beirut on democracy in the Arab world, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon demanded that Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, stop killing his own people, and said the “old order” of one man rule and family dynasties was over in the Middle East. #BanKiMoon #BasharAlAssad

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#5 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/18/2022 #15

In 2011, the United States slapped sanctions on Syrian President Bashar Hafez al-Assad and six others for human rights abuses over their brutal crackdown on antigovernment protests. #BasharAlAssad

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#6 Click this link to see Political Cartoons page --> 12/11/2024 #6

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#7 Click this link to see Political Cartoons page --> 12/11/2024 #12

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#8 Click this link to see Political Cartoons page --> 12/11/2024 #14

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#9 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/09/2024 #1

Islamist-led people rebels declared they had taken Damascus in a lightning offensive on December 8th, sending President Bashar al-Assad fleeing and ending five decades of Baath rule in Syria.

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#10 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/17/2024 #3

Damascus, Syria • A group of people take a photograph while sitting on a couch in the hall of the palace of the former president, Bashar al-Assad.

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#11 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/23/2024 #3

In this aerial picture, people gather at Aleppo’s Saadallah al-Jabri Square as they take part in the “Liberation Festival”, celebrating the fall of Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad. Islamist-led rebels took Damascus in a lightning offensive, ousting president Bashar al-Assad and ending five decades of Baath rule in Syria.

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#12 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/09/2025 #2

Damascus, Syria • A drone view shows people gathering on the day of a military parade, as Syrians mark the first anniversary of Bashar al-Assad’s fall.

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#13 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/11/2025 #1

Damascus, Syria • People prepare to mark the first anniversary on Monday of rebel forces taking the Syrian capital and overthrowing Bashar al-Assad.

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