Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez, ruled Syria for more than half a century but how did one family achieve and maintain power?

His brother Maher and his brother-in-law, Assef Shawkat – two hardliners – were his main security advisers. In March 2011, protests about unemployment, corruption and lack of freedom broke out ...

Md Shawkat Ali Khan, chief executive officer and managing director of Sonali Bank PLC, was appointed as the chairman of Padma Bank PLC. Khan recently chaired the 120th board meeting at Padma Bank ...

It was the shade of the ashwath that vanquished all one’s weariness from the fiery heat of Choitro. Or else it was not possible for fatigue to be eliminated so quickly. It was the shade of the ...

“The Old Man” finished his last mission on FX. The spy thriller series, starring Jeff Bridges, John Lithgow, Amy Brenneman and Alia Shawkat, has been canceled at the cable network after two season ...

Their sister Bushra was a strong voice in his inner circle, along with her husband, Deputy Defense Minister Assef Shawkat, until he was killed in a 2012 bombing. Bashar’s cousin, Rami Makhlouf ...

Nidaa al-Watan said she has two nationalities other than the Syrian one. Her husband, slain Major General Assef Shawkat, served as deputy defence minister and was killed in a 2012 explosion in ...

Skeleton Crew Episode 3 doesn’t reveal a whole lot about Kh’ymm’s backstory – but that doesn’t mean she’s a complete enigma. We know that she’s a map expert and operates out of an ...

July 18, 2012 – Syria’s Deputy Defense Minister Assef Shawkat, Assad’s brother-in-law, is killed, along with two other regime officials, in an explosion at a national security building in ...