--- title: Bashar Assad | TIME description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/tag/bashar-assad/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/tag/bashar-assad/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: article twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Bashar Assad ## Bashar Assad *  Apr 12, 2018 ## [A Few Cruise Missiles Won’t Be Enough to Halt Assad’s Brutality](https://time.com/5237712/west-deter-syria-assad-regime-chemical-attacks/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Justin Bronk *  Apr 4, 2017 ## ['They Are Dying': The Moments After a Gas Attack in Syria](https://time.com/4725192/syria-gas-attack-idlib-province/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Andrew Katz *  Feb 10, 2017 ## [Assad Brushes Off Prison Killings Report as 'Fake News'](https://time.com/4666806/assad%5Fsyria-amnesty-international/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Zamira Rahim *  Dec 9, 2016 ## ['We Are About to Die': The End Comes for Aleppo](https://time.com/4596897/aleppo-syria-bashar-assad-russia-battle/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Jared Malsin *  Nov 9, 2016 ## [Trump's Victory Injects Uncertainty into a Chaotic Middle East](https://time.com/4564048/president-donald-trump-middle-east/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Jared Malsin *  Oct 20, 2016 ## ['This Is a Forged Picture': Bashar Assad Disputes 'Boy in the Ambulance' Account](https://time.com/4538448/omran-daqneesh-bashar-assad-syria-aleppo/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Andrew Katz *  Sep 7, 2016 ## [Hope for Syrian Rebels as Peace Talks Intensify](https://time.com/4483236/syria-war-peace-talks-turkey-rebels/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Jared Malsin *  Aug 18, 2016 ## [The Boy in the Ambulance](https://time.com/4456905/aleppo-syria-boy-ambulance/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Andrew Katz *  Aug 16, 2016 ## [Russia and Iran Fly Across a Key Threshold in the Middle East](https://time.com/4454681/russia-iran-fly-bombers-syria-middle-east/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Mark Thompson *  Aug 10, 2016 ## [Why Washington Is Worried About a Shifting Rebel Alliance in Aleppo](https://time.com/4446922/syria-civil-war-aleppo-jabhat-fateh-al-sham/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Jared Malsin *  Jul 13, 2016 ## [Aleppo Siege Could Spell Disaster for Syrian Rebels](https://time.com/4405037/aleppo-siege-mainstream-rebels-bashar-assad/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Jared Malsin *  Mar 14, 2016 ## [Russia Orders Syria Pullout](https://time.com/4258364/russia-military-withdrawal-syria/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Jared Malsin *  Mar 4, 2016 ## [Syria's Tenuous Truce](https://time.com/4248050/syria-truce-bashar-assad-strategy/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Jared Malsin *  Feb 24, 2016 ## [Top Republican Says U.S. 'Empowering Assad' in Syria](https://time.com/4235984/bob-corker-syria-bashar-assad/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Jay Newton-Small *  Feb 19, 2016 ## [These 5 Facts Explain Why Turkey Is in Deep Trouble](https://time.com/4231009/turkey-syria-war-refugees/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Ian Bremmer ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/bashar-assad/","name":"Bashar Assad"}}]}] ```