Bashar al-Assad

Cross-border shoppers, restored rats, Mark Zuckerberg on honeymoon

Domestic unrest is taking a toll on the country’s economy

Students boycott Israel, but are blasé about Syria. Why?

Pro-democracy protesters talk to ’Maclean’s’ about the toll of fighting the regime and their fears for the future

An exclusive report from the frontlines of the Assad regime’s brutal crackdown

Will Bashar al-Assad’s brutal crackdown bring down the Syrian regime?

A Syrian official resigns in protest, the UN warns hundreds of thousands could die because of famine in Somalia

The Assad regime is down but not out. What happens next will have serious implications for Iran.

Refugees at the Turkish border tell of horror and brutality as Bashar al-Assad tries to crush the uprising

Not content with killing protesters, the regime is also targeting expats